Table 4. Sugar content, pH, total acidity, and hardness of cookies containing different amounts of aronia powder

Measurement Wheat flour Aronia powder Cookies with aronia powder (%)
0 2 4 6
Sugar content (°Brix) - 22.2±0.1a 18.4±0.1e 19.8±0.0d 20.4±0.1c 21.3±0.0b
pH 6.13±0.01a1) 4.77±0.03d 6.05±0.00b 6.01±0.04b 5.79±0.00c 5.61±0.01c
Total acidity (%) 0.01±0.00c 0.04±0.00a 0.01±0.00c 0.01±0.00c 0.01±0.00c 0.02±0.00b
Hardness (g) -2) - 10,181.67±432.53c 10,227.33±471.19c 10,900.67±544.84b 11,856.00±443.72a
Values are mean±SD (n=3).
-, not measured.
a-eMeans with the same superscript letters within the same row are not significantly different at p<0.05.