Table 4. The contents of minerals in Gouda cheese coated with loess during ripening period

(mg%)

Samples Na K Ca Mg
Before ripening 0 day 1,254.53±20.84gh2)3) 310.08±3.88i 832.80±2.10d 342.29±13.64abc
CG1) 30 day 1,335.29±17.32f 342.04±8.32h 954.69±10.98b 325.18±8.06bc
60 day 1,327.37±8.89f 542.64±22.99cd 1,018.24±1.99a 339.39±8.08abc
VG 30 day 1,186.41±7.80j 580.54±7.27b 664.09±5.77h 329.14±41.20bc
60 day 1,231.33±11.22hi 571.09±2.67bc 771.98±6.49f 328.84±17.27bc
LG 30 day 1,341.30±5.79f 593.92±46.88ab 830.91±3.59de 278.65±74.27de
60 day 1,314.08±11.18f 500.27±4.66ef 697.24±10.57g 308.83±2.48cd
RG 30 day 1,208.97±11.28ij 491.24±2.96f 555.43±4.44j 372.74±4.44ab
60 day 1,685.83±28.65c 615.77±35.60a 580.47±17.60i 317.32±22.90cd
YG 30 day 1,508.90±19.16e 493.38±18.33f 550.94±10.56j 338.70±5.64abc
60 day 1,761.12±16.39a 544.17±5.68cd 957.49±10.96b 262.43±9.10e
WG 30 day 1,271.32±1.46g 528.88±19.09de 505.71±6.12k 350.91±11.65abc
60 day 1,731.55±17.97b 538.97±1.03cd 815.58±8.88e 313.82±6.68cd
BG 30 day 1,549.76±14.71d 407.03±2.27g 897.88±8.91c 377.16±1.70a
60 day 1,682.08±27.12c 511.56±5.56def 674.24±17.67h 338.29±20.04abc
1)CG, Gouda cheese of ripening without coating; VG, Gouda cheese of ripening after vacuum packaged; LG, Gouda cheese of laterite coating ripening ; RG, Gouda cheese of red loess coating ripening; YG, Gouda cheese of yellow ocher coating ripening; WG, Gouda cheese of white clay coating ripening; BG, Gouda cheese of black soil coating ripening.
2)All values are mean±SD.
3)Means in the same column followed by different uppercase letters are significantly different (p<0.05, a>b>c>d>e>f>g>h>i>j>k).