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. 2022 Nov 16;11(22):3663. doi: 10.3390/foods11223663

Table 1.

Water activity (aw), moisture content (g water/100 g) and soluble solids content (xss in g soluble solids/g dry matter) of white cabbage (WC) and broccoli (B) samples. G: ground, C: chopped; HAD: hot-air drying at 50, 60 and 70 °C, FD: freeze drying. Mean ± standard deviation of six replicates.

Sample aw Moisture Content (%) xss (gss/gdm)
WC_G_HAD50 0.30 ± 0.04 bc 4.3 ± 1.2 b 0.62 ± 0.02 ab
WC_C_HAD50 0.285 ± 0.009 abc 3.2 ± 0.9 ab 0.637 ± 0.004 ab
WC_G_HAD60 0.256 ± 0.014 abc 2.6 ± 1.4 ab 0.652 ± 0.013 bc
WC_C_HAD60 0.254 ± 0.009 abc 2.49 ± 0.12 ab 0.61 ± 0.04 ab
WC_G_HAD70 0.23 ± 0.09 a 3.1 ± 1.1 ab 0.61 ± 0.06 ab
WC_C_HAD70 0.245 ± 0.08 ab 2.6 ± 0.8 a 0.58 ± 0.10 a
WC_G_FD 0.30 ± 0.03 c 3.4 ± 1.4 ab 0.64 ± 0.05 bc
WC (raw) 0.990 ± 0.003 d 91.4 ± 0.2 c 0.70 ± 0.02 c
B_G_HAD50 0.30 ± 0.04 ab 3.7 ± 0.2 bc 0.56 ± 0.03 a
B_C_HAD50 0.312 ± 0.08 b 3.3 ± 0.2 ab 0.60 ± 0.03 abc
B_G_HAD60 0.253 ± 0.007 a 2.3 ± 0.7 a 0.58 ± 0.02 ab
B_C_HAD60 0.283 ± 0.010 ab 2.2 ± 0.64 a 0.59 ± 0.02 b
B_G_HAD70 0.32 ± 0.05 ab 3.8 ± 1.8 b 0.59 ± 0.02 b
B_C_HAD70 0.30 ± 0.04 b 2.6 ± 1.0 a 0.61 ± 0.02 b
B_G_FD 0.298 ± 0.04 ab 2.7 ± 0.4 b 0.608 ± 0.018 b
B (raw) 0.998 ± 0.004 c 92.83 ± 0.09 c 0.70 ± 0.02 c

a,b,c… Different superscript letters in the same column for the same residue indicate statistically significant differences at the 95% confidence level (p-value < 0.05).