Table 1. Chemical composition and mean granule size of ‘Fuji’ apple, corn, and potato starches
Properties
Apple starch
Corn starch
Potato starch
Amylose content (%)
33.63±0.43
a1)
29.82±0.60
b
33.79±0.57
a
Phosphorous content (mg/100 g)
13.02±0.40
b
11.26±0.13
c
49.17±0.94
a
Mean granule size (μm)
7.48±0.10
b
23.00±3.46
b
35.24±1.71
a
Means±SD (n=3) in a row followed by the same letter are not significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).