Table 2. General components of pellet-type Nuruk by different material conditions during fermentation

Culture time (h)	pH		Acidity (mL)		Amino acidity (mL)		Water content (%)
Culture time (h)	S¹⁾	N	S	N	S	N	S	N
0	6.31±0.03^a ²⁾	5.84±0.03^cd	0.47±0.05^j	0.62±0.01ⁱ	0.41±0.02^k	0.36±0.03^k	33.43±0.10^a	33.43±0.10^a
8	6.18±0.07^b	5.3±0.010^k	0.39±0.03^j	1.12±0.17^h	0.28±0.05^l	0.50±0.03^j	31.07±1.03^b	31.41±1.03^b
16	5.71±0.05^efg	5.18±0.05^l	0.65±0.05ⁱ	1.19±0.03^gh	0.55±0.03^j	0.56±0.04^j	30.85±0.89^b	28.79±0.13^c
24	5.61±0.03^gh	5.41±0.03^j	1.20±0.05^gh	1.52±0.05^de	1.47±0.05ⁱ	1.56±0.05^h	24.84±1.18^d	28.03±0.51^c
32	5.78±0.05^de	5.51±0.05ⁱ	1.26±0.03^fg	1.35±0.07^f	2.12±0.05^ef	1.77±0.03^g	24.38±0.86^d	25.10±0.89^d
40	5.83±0.05^cd	5.55±0.10^hi	1.48±0.05^e	1.37±0.05^f	2.35±0.06^d	2.07±0.05^f	22.17±1.18^ef	22.90±1.00^e
48	5.83±0.03^cd	5.77±0.05^de	1.50±0.04^e	1.29±0.03^fg	3.08±0.05^a	2.18±0.05^e	20.28±0.78^g	20.93±1.03^fg
56	5.91±0.05^c	5.67±0.03^fg	1.63±0.03^abc	1.68±0.05^ab	2.95±0.03^b	2.52±0.02^c	18.55±1.18^h	19.62±1.18^gh
64	5.92±0.10^c	5.83±0.04^cd	1.62±0.04^bcd	1.74±0.05^a	2.30±0.01^d	2.56±0.03^c	15.99±0.13ⁱ	16.37±0.51ⁱ
72	5.72±0.04^ef	5.82±0.05^cd	1.56±0.01^cde	1.72±0.02^ab	2.14±0.01^ef	2.50±0.03^c	11.56±0.50^k	14.23±0.55^j

¹⁾S, sterilized pellet; N, nonsterilized pellet.
²⁾Values represent means±SD and values with different superscripts in the columns of same component are significantly different at p<0.05.