Parameters Level of chicken meat (%)
0 30 40 50
Moisture (%) 9.450±0.051 9.638±0.111 9.745±0.167 9.749±0.172
Protein (%) 15.325a±0.551 24.113b±0.690 30.608 c±0.531 34.108d±0.371
Fat (%) 4.087a±0.098 4.572b± 0.085 5.781c±0.064 6.251d±0.070
Ash (%) 3.272a±0.063 3.767b±0.044 3.987c±0.058 4.217d±0.048
Crude fibre (%) 4.626 d ±0.090 3.859 c ±0.095 2.608b ±0.062 2.063 a ±0.069
Yield (%) 66.194 c±0.714 63.745bc±0.602 61.596b±0.624 55.165 a ±1.456
Water absorption index (g/g) 1.588a±0.022 1.672b±0.009 1.717b±0.020 1.787c±0.023
Water solubility index (%) 0.085c±0.002 0.079bc±0.002 0.073b±0.002 0.065a±0.002
Weight increase (%) 3.268 c ±0.058 2.968b±0.058 2.825b±0.039 2.62a ±0.061
Volume increase (%) 323.503 d ±2.256 290.522 c ±2.186 277.488 b ±1.553 249.449a ±2.723
Cooking loss (%) 7.603 d±0.272 6.516 c ±0.069 5.635 b ±0.210 4.070 a ±0.170
Superscript row wise differ significantly (P<0.05)
Table 4: Physico-chemical parameters of whole wheat flour based chicken meat noodles (Mean ± SEM).