Soaking time (hrs) Moisture content (%) Relative increase of moisture content (%) Crude fat (%) Relative increase of crude fat (%) Crude carbohydrate (%) Relative increase of crude carbohydrate (%)
0 9.60d ± 0.12   0.51d ± 0.02   77.90c ± 0.10  
6 10.76c ± 0.02 12.08 0.58a ± 0.02 13.73 77.94c ± 0.14 0.05
12 10.79c ± 0.01 12.40 0.61b ± 0.05 19.61 78.07d ± 0.04 0.23
18 10.81b ± 0.01 12.60 0.65c ± 0.01 27.45 78.27b ± 0.30 0.48
24 10.86a ± 0.01 13.12 0.66c ± 0.03 29.41 78.53a ± 0.03 0.81
Values are mean ± standard deviation of triplicate determinations. Values on the same column with different superscripts means that the difference is statistically significant (p<0.05)
Table 1: Moisture, fat and carbohydrate content of soaked bitter (trifoliate) yam flour.