Table 1. Proximate composition of ginger powder according to the number of steam-drying treatments

Content (%)	Number of steam drying treatments				F-value
Content (%)	0	3	6	9	F-value
Moisture	6.96±0.09^2)c3)	6.77±0.10^b	7.26±0.11^d	6.51±0.01^a	39.63^***4)
Crude protein	4.11±0.01^c	2.36±0.26^a	2.46±0.07^a	2.98±0.12^b	118.48^***
Crude fat	7.82±0.06^c	7.69±0.09^c	7.02±0.05^b	6.85±0.10^a	113.69^***
Ash	8.32±0.07^c	7.47±0.06^a	7.75±0.09^b	7.51±0.13^a	57.16^***
Carbohydrate¹⁾	72.79±0.15^a	75.72±0.16^b	75.51±0.15^b	76.15±0.15^c	306.95^***

100 − (moisture + crude protein + crude fat + ash).
All values are mean±SD (n=6).
Different superscripts (^a-d) in the same row indicate significant differences by Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).
^***p<0.001.