Table 3.
Gas production (headspace PSI) during fermentation of substrates.
Time (h) | Apple | Blackcurrant | Carrot | Digesta control | Gold-fleshed kiwifruit | Green-fleshed kiwifruit | Inulin | Oats | Pumpkin | Sweetcorn |
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0 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 | 0.00 ± 0.00 |
5 | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.25ab | 0.50 ± 0.43ab | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.75 ± 0.00b | 0.83 ± 0.29b | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.67 ± 0.14b |
10 | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.83 ± 0.14b | 1.67 ± 0.14c | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 1.33 ± 0.29c | 0.83 ± 0.14b | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.67 ± 0.14b |
16 | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 3.83 ± 0.14b | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 3.75 ± 0.25b | 0.25 ± 0.43a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.50 ± 0.43a |
24 | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 2.58 ± 0.14b | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 2.42 ± 0.14b | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a | 0.00 ± 0.00a |
Values are mean of three replicates. S.E. shown. At each time point, the significance due to the substrate was P < 0.001. Within a time point, means with letters in common are not significantly different. Tukey’s HSD (0.05).