Table 2.
Physicochemical properties of cookies incorporated with different levels of yacon powder.

Properties		Yacon powder level in cookies (%)
		0	10	20	30	40
		pH		6.46±0.02a	6.36±0.03b	6.31±0.01c	6.25±0.01d	6.22±0.00e
Moisture content (%)		3.61±0.33c	3.76±0.43c	3.93±0.43c	4.47±0.17b	5.05±0.20a
Density (g/mL)		1.50±0.18c	1.37±0.14c	1.26±0.13c	1.09±0.09b	0.98±0.06a
Spread factor		75.01±1.47a	74.98±1.68a	73.39±0.86ab	73.07±1.07b	69.66±1.37c
Hardness (N)		28.38±1.95a	27.51±2.74a	26.26±3.54a	25.45±2.91a	23.63±3.44a
Color	L*	80.56±0.56a	63.49±0.39b	54.39±1.11c	50.12±0.73d	46.15±1.26e
	a*	4.45±0.50e	7.64±0.42d	10.17±0.78c	11.18±0.36b	12.28±0.50a
	b*	32.30±0.83a	30.87±0.53b	30.52±0.51b	29.28±0.46c	27.38±0.48d

Means within the same row without a common letter are significantly different (p < 0.05).