Flour formulation (for cookies) Day 0 Month 1 Month 2 Month 3
100% Rice flour 0.254 ± 0.004a 0.301 ± 0.005c 0.311 ± 0.006b 0.321 ± 0.007d
100% Rice flour + 10% BP 0.498 ± 0.001b 0.503 ± 0.002b 0.518 ± 0.005a 0.523 ± 0.006c
50% Rice flour + 50% Quinoa flour 0.425 ± 0.006c 0.428 ± 0.003a 0.438 ± 0.005d 0.451 ± 0.005e
50% Rice flour + 50% Quinoa flour+ 10% BP 0.579 ± 0.005d 0.569 ± 0.005f 0.549 ± 0.006g 0.521 ± 0.006h
100% Quinoa flour 0.346 ± 0.003e 0.348 ± 0.002e 0.356 ± 0.004h 0.361 ± 0.005i
100% Quinoa flour+ 10% BP 0.599 ± 0.004f 0.589 ± 0.004g 0.571 ± 0.004i 0.569 ± 0.005j
Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard deviation.. Values with different superscripts (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j) in a column differ significantly (p < 0.05).
Table 3b: Water activities (Aw) with time due to freeze-dried blueberry powder fortification in cookies