Flour formulation (for muffins) Day 0 Month 1 Month 2 Month 3
100% Rice flour 0.835 ± 0.025a 0.906 ± 0.007c 0.927 ± 0.013d 0.923 ± 0.018e
100% Rice flour + 10% BP 0.839 ± 0.012b 0.826 ± 0.011b 0.824 ± 0.009a 0.821 ± 0.008f
50% Rice flour + 50% Quinoa flour 0.822 ± 0.011a 0.937 ± 0.01e 0.952 ± 0.011b 0.956 ± 0.009g
50% Rice flour + 50% Quinoa flour+ 10% BP 0.823 ± 0.007a 0.821 ± 0.008a 0.815 ± 0.007a 0.792 ± 0.008b
100% Quinoa flour 0.816 ± 0.006a 0.939 ± 0.004d 0.939 ± 0.005e 0.941 ± 0.005h
100% Quinoa flour+ 10% BP 0.781 ± 0.006c 0.778 ± 0.005c 0.776 ± 0.006c 0.774 ± 0.005c
Results are expressed as Mean ± Standard deviation.. Values with different superscripts (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h) in a column differ significantly (p < 0.05).
Table 3a: Water activities (Aw) with time due to freeze-dried blueberry powder fortification in muffins