2.8. Experimental design and statistical analysis
Three measurements were taken for each experimental treatment
from two different batches yielding in total six replicates for
each treatment. The data obtained were presented as mean and
standard deviation of the mean and were statistically treated by
228 C. Jia et al. / Food Hydrocolloids 41 (2014) 227e232variance analysis (ANOVA) and the least significant difference (LSD)
Fisher test at significance level of 0.05 using the SAS system.