Rheological and Sensorial Characteristics of the Reformed Ras Cheese Made Using Cheese Trims and Different Starches

Table 5

Ls means values for starch level (SL), starch source (SS), starch form (SF), SL × SS, SL × SF, and SS × SF on the textural functional properties of the reformed Ras cheese.

Source of variation	Hardness (g)	Cohesiveness	Fracturability (g)	Gumminess (g)	Springiness (mm)	Adhesiveness (mJ)	Sliceability (gf)
Starch level (SL)
0% (control)	672.24^a	0.782^a	665.24^a	525.93^a	7.050^a	0.039^c	486.34^a
2.5%	460.96^b	0.570^b	445.14^b	262.02^b	5.376^b	0.154^a	322.21^b
5%	437.02^c	0.495^c	433.15^c	215.41^c	5.011^c	0.129^b	317.82^c
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Starch source (SS)
Corn starch	532.70^a	0.586^c	525.77^a	325.85^b	5.581^c	0.100^c	375.43^a
Potato starch	513.57^c	0.601^b	506.15^c	322.81^b	5.730^b	0.115^a	375.43^a
Rice starch	523.96^b	0.661^a	511.61^b	354.69^a	6.126^a	0.106^b	375.52^a
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.9662
Starch form (SF)
Native starch	528.69^a	0.541^b	513.41^b	303.69^b	5.362^b	0.155^a	383.71^a
Pregelatinized starch	518.13^b	0.690^a	515.61^a	365.21^a	6.263^a	0.059^b	367.20^b
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
SL × SS
2.5% × corn starch	474.23	0.553	461.28	261.62	5.075	0.143	317.68
2.5% × potato starch	451.63	0.422	450.78	190.01	4.620	0.120	322.26
2.5% × rice starch	443.82	0.539	430.07	238.76	5.285	0.170	318.18
5% × corn starch	424.64	0.480	423.15	203.74	4.855	0.137	321.76
5% × potato starch	464.84	0.617	444.07	285.67	5.770	0.151	317.61
5% × rice starch	434.80	0.583	425.51	252.48	5.560	0.130	322.61
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.7269
SL × SF
2.5% × native starch	469.37	0.453	437.84	212.71	4.696	0.221	330.75
2.5% × pregelatinized starch	444.46	0.389	437.16	172.43	4.340	0.206	334.05
5% × native starch	452.56	0.687	452.44	311.32	6.056	0.088	304.90
5% × pregelatinized starch	429.58	0.602	429.14	258.39	5.683	0.052	310.37
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
SF × SS
Native × corn starch	537.90	526.90	0.519	297.69	5.430	0.146	383.71
Native × potato starch	518.94	506.47	0.548	302.58	5.306	0.170	383.71
Native × rice starch	529.236	506.86	0.556	310.81	5.350	0.149	383.72
Pregelatinized × corn starch	527.50	524.63	0.652	354.02	5.733	0.055	367.15
Pregelatinized × potato starch	508.20	505.83	0.653	343.05	6.153	0.060	367.15
Pregelatinized × rice starch	518.69	516.36	0.765	398.57	6.903	0.063	367.32
value	0.9173	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	0.9769

Values with different letters (a-c) within the same column are significantly different at .