Table 4
Water absorption index and water solubility index of spray-dried powders from unripe fig extract

Samples¹⁾	Water absorption index (WAI)	Water solubility index (WSI,%)
F-MD 5	0.18±0.06^b2)	98.80±0.04^a
F-MD 10	0.11±0.01^b	99.10±0.36^a
F-MD 20	0.23±0.13^b	98.08±1.42^a
F-FD	0.40±0.08^a	94.40±2.12^b

F-MD 5, spray-dried powder with 5% maltodextrin; F-MD 10, spray-dried powder with 10% maltodextrin; F-MD 20, spray-dried powder with 20% maltodextrin; F-FD, freeze-dried powder from unripe fig extract; MT, meat tenderizer.
All values are mean±SD (n=3). Means with different superscript (a-b) in the same column are significantly different at p˂0.05.