Physical parameters
Whole Buckwheat (Control)
Parboiled buckwheat
(Husked)
Parboiled buckwheat
(Dehusked)
Thickness (mm)
1.79±0.08
1.94±0.01
1.58±0.02
1000 Kernel weight (grams)
23.92±0.20
25.14±0.17
23.20±0.59
True density(kg/m
3
)
1291±2.08
1310±1.15
1391±1.52
Bulk Density(kg/m
3
)
768.53±2.52
741.20±1.53
813.71±1.55
Angle of Repose(°)
14 ± 0.57
11±1.00
12 ±1.00
Means and Standard deviation of triplicate values are given. Values within the rows with same super script are not significantly different (P ≤ 0.05).
Table 1:
Physical parameters of buckwheat.
