Table 2 Property of various quality parameters of untreated cereal powder

Sample	Moisture content (%)	Water solubility index (%)	Water absorption index	Swelling power	Dispersibility (%)	Sinkability (%)
Cereal powder	4.74±0.14a	32.07±0.96a	2.31±0.11a	2.66±0.07a	73.45±2.21 a	88.99±2.66 a
Barley	4.05±0.16b	4.95±0.14b	2.71±0.08ab	2.77±0.11 a	92.33±2.76 ab	93.38±4.66 a
Brown rice	7.18±0.21c	1.93±0.07c	2.66±0.07b	2.68±0.08 a	82.41±2.47 ab	89.42±2.68 a
Adlay	3.48±0.11c	10.58±0.52d	2.52±0.12b	2.63±0.07 a	78.36±3.91 b	96.51±2.89 a
Soybean	4.89±0.14d	18.33±0.54e	3.05±0.09c	3.31±0.09 b	78.49±2.35 c	89.01±3.56 ab

Means in the same columns with the same letters are not significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.