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Table 2 Techno-functional properties of the powders

From: Effect of microwave-assisted vacuum and hot air oven drying methods on quality characteristics of apple pomace powder

Functional properties

Microwave dried powder

Oven dried powder

Bulk density (g/cc)

0.55 ± 0.01b

0.50 ± 0.01a

Tapped density (g/cc)

0.56 ± 0.03b

0.52 ± 0.02a

Water hydration capacity (WHC) (mL/g)

3.35 ± 0.09b

3.04 ± 0.08a

Oil binding capacity (OBC) (g/g)

0.95 ± 0.04b

0.70 ± 0.03a

Swelling power (SP)(%)

770 ± 1b

764 ± 2a

Solubility index (SI) (%)

14.0 ± 0.9b

10.0 ± 0.8a

Foam capacity (FC) (%)

2.07 ± 0.07b

1.05 ± 0.06a

Foam stability (FS) (%)

NS

NS

Emulsion capacity (EC) (%)

60.0 ± 1.0b

48.0 ± 0.9a

Emulsion stability (ES) (%)

52.0 ± 1.0b

31.0 ± 0.8a

  1. Table shows mean values with standard deviations of the mean (the results were averaged over three measurements)
  2. NS  Not stable
  3. a and b superscript letters in the same row indicate significant differences between samples (p < 0.05).