The force required to penetrate 5 mm in the control, apple DF or
inulin snack bars was 62.22 N ± 2.18, 61.72 N ± 8.79, and
44.05 N ± 5.72, respectively. No detectable difference was found
between the same type of snack bars (control or each type of fibre-
enhanced bars) in the absence or presence of added APE. The
snack bars with added inulin were much softer than both control
bars and the snack bars with added apple DF.