Table 4. Sugar content, pH, total acidity and hardness of brewer’s spent-grain powder, wheat flour and cookies fortified with brewer’s spent grain powder

Sample Sugar content (°Brix) pH Total acidity (%) Hardness (g)
Brewer’s spent-grain powder 5.25±0.071) 5.91±0.00 0.20±0.03 ND3)
Wheat flour 1.45±0.07*2) 6.13±0.01* 0.06±0.00* ND
Cookies made by brewer’s spent-grain powder (%)
0 4.70±0.00e4) 7.30±0.00e 0.01±0.00e 11447.33±89.00c
10 4.90±0.00d 6.84±0.00d 0.03±0.00d 11811.00±79.77b
20 5.20±0.00c 6.66±0.00c 0.05±0.00c 11973.33±28.45a
30 5.30±0.00b 6.62±0.01b 0.06±0.00b 11987.33±62.07a
40 5.75±0.07a 6.58±0.00a 0.09±0.00a 12068.00±42.04a
All values are mean±SD (n=3).
Significant differences at p<0.05 by Student’s t-test.
ND, not determined.
Means with different superscript letters (a-c) in the same column are significantly different (p<0.05) by Duncan’s multiple range test.