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

Table 6

Ls means values for starch level (SL), starch source (SS), starch form (SF), SL × SS, SL × SF, and SS × SF on the meltability and shredability profiles of the reformed Ras cheese.

Source of variation	Melt distance (mm)	Free oil (% of total fat)	Adhered cheese weight (g/500 g)	Cheese fines weight (g/500 g)	Shredding efficiency (%)
Starch level (SL)
0% (control)	53.45^a	23.59^a	25.65^c	18.23^a	91.22^a
2.5%	38.33^b	22.88^b	66.12^a	9.67^b	84.84^c
5%	35.71^c	21.71^c	56.71^b	6.81^c	87.29^b
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Starch source (SS)
Corn starch	40.25^c	21.65^c	45.49^c	12.74^a	88.35^a
Potato starch	44.11^a	23.71^a	52.78^a	10.34^c	87.37^c
Rice starch	43.13^b	22.82^b	50.21^b	11.63^b	87.62^b
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
Starch form (SF)
Native starch	37.26^b	23.86^a	58.16^a	12.23^a	85.91^b
Pregelatinized starch	47.73^a	21.59^b	40.82^b	10.90^b	89.65^a
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
SS × SL
Corn starch × 2.5%	34.98	20.93	60.44	11.60	85.59
Corn starch × 5%	32.34	20.44	50.38	8.38	88.24
Potato starch × 2.5%	41.07	24.23	70.42	7.27	84.46
Potato starch × 5%	37.81	23.32	62.27	5.51	86.44
Rice starch × 2.5%	38.94	23.49	67.49	10.14	84.47
Rice starch × 5%	37.00	21.38	57.49	6.54	87.19
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
SF × SL
Native starch × 2.5%	30.37	23.97	77.53	10.94	82.30
Native starch × 5%	27.96	24.02	71.32	7.54	84.22
Pregelatinized starch × 2.5%	46.28	21.80	54.71	8.40	87.37
Pregelatinized starch × 5%	43.47	19.40	42.10	6.08	90.36
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001
SF × SS
Native × corn starch	37.44	24.56	53.77	13.63	86.51
Native × potato starch	38.89	24.98	63.93	10.76	85.06
Native × rice starch	35.44	22.04	56.80	12.31	86.17
Pregelatinized × corn starch	43.06	18.74	37.21	11.84	90.18
Pregelatinized × potato starch	49.33	22.44	41.62	9.92	89.69
Pregelatinized × rice starch	50.81	23.60	43.62	10.96	89.08
value	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001	<0.0001

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