Quality and Safety of Folded Vermicelli Produced by the Small-scale Processors in Tanga City, Tanzania

Universal Journal of Food Science and Technology | Vol 2, Issue 1

Table 2. Findings ofdetermined physico-chemical characteristics of the products (Mean±SD)

Company No.	Diameter (mm)	Moisture content (%w/w)	Breaking strength (N.m^-2)
1	0.90±0.03^c	11.43±0.28^cdef	3.75x10⁶±2.05x10^6a
2	1.21±0.05^b	11.80±0.05^abcde	1.03x10⁶±2.98x10^5b
3	1.17±0.05^bc	12.65±0.18^a	1.02x10⁶±2.29x10^5b
4	1.19±0.06^b	12.06±0.20^abc	1.25x10⁶±6.60x10^4b
5	0.98±0.04^bc	10.68±0.02^f	2.12x10⁶±5.36x10^4ab
6	0.93±0.06^c	11.84±0.04^abcde	2.16x10⁶±1.36x10^6ab
7	1.14±0.07^bc	12.49±0.33^ab	1.61x10⁶±4.06x10^5b
8	1.21±0.05^b	11.80±0.04^abcde	9.04x10⁵±2.04x10^5b
9	1.19±0.19^b	11.92±0.24^abcd	1.49x10⁶±2.44x10^5b
10	1.73±0.09^a	11.00±0.35^ef	6.79x10⁵±2.27x10^5b
11	1.55±0.15^a	11.09±0.33^def	1.44x10⁶±3.96x10^5b
12	1.67±0.13^a	11.71±0.25^bcde	1.25x10⁶±2.89x10^5b
13	1.62±0.08^a	11.05±0.04^def	7.52x10⁵±4.93x10^4b
14	1.57±0.05^a	10.61±0.24^f	8.86x10⁵±1.53x10^5b
Mean	1.29	11.58	1.45x10⁶
SD	0.29	0.64	9.80x10⁵

Values are given as means ± standard deviation (SD) of the duplicate (moisture content) and triplicate (diameter and breaking strength) determinations. Values in the same column having the same superscripted letters are not statistically significant differences (p>0.05) according to Tukey’s Honest Significant Different (HSD).