Table 6. Bulk density, apparent density, porosity, expansion ratio and specific length of extruded rice snacks based on the corn flour ratio
Ratio (%) of corn flour and rice flour | Bulk density (g/cm3) | Apparent density (g/cm3) | Porosity | Expansion ratio | Specific length (mm/g) |
100 : 0 | 0.10±0.01d1) | 0.69±0.02b | 0.86±0.01ab | 10.81±0.85a | 110.05±12.87c |
70 : 30 | 0.12±0.01b | 0.69±0.03b | 0.83±0.01c | 10.70±0.42a | 113.53±10.28c |
50 : 50 | 0.11±0.01c | 0.71±0.01b | 0.85±0.01b | 10.87±0.54a | 122.94±6.91b |
30 : 70 | 0.10±0.01d | 0.73±0.06ab | 0.87±0.01a | 10.97±0.37a | 138.94±6.33a |
0 : 100 | 0.14±0.01a | 0.79±0.03a | 0.82±0.01c | 11.19±0.56a | 96.81±3.87d |
Values are mean±SD of triplicate determinations. Different superscripts within a column indicate significant differences (p<0.05).