Table 3 Water absorption index (WAI)1) and water solubility index (WSI)1) of the pulverized and original products of the commercial textured vegetable protein (TVP)

TVP WAI2) (g/g) WSI2) (%, d.b ) WAI(O)2) (g/g) WSI(O)2) (%, d.b)
TVP-A 5.12±0.02a 26.22±0.29c 4.29±0.26bcd 6.17±0.47e
TVP-B 4.03±0.00e 20.35±0.00g 4.96±0.19ab 3.56±0.32f
TVP-C 3.69±0.11f 23.68±0.16e 3.38±0.06efg 6.52±0.05e
TVP-D 4.19±0.01de 23.96±0.08e 2.93±0.06fgh 13.39±0.29c
TVP-E 4.49±0.01bc 27.58±0.01b 4.07±0.47cde 14.38±0.91c
TVP-F 4.36±0.01cd 27.38±0.00b 2.76±0.00fgh 21.92±0.11a
TVP-G 4.42±0.02bcd 25.29±0.04d 3.60±0.08def 8.90±0.12d
TVP-H 4.02±0.06e 21.82±0.09f 2.93±0.36fgh 8.43±0.76d
TVP-I 3.14±0.04g 27.29±0.05b 2.54±0.17gh 19.89±0.48b
TVP-J 4.65±0.02b 11.10±0.12h 5.59±0.10a 2.34±0.25fg
TVP-K 4.54±0.16bc 7.07±0.10i 4.71±0.35bc 0.87±0.18g
TVP-L 4.63±0.01b 25.22±0.04d 4.15±0.05bcde 18.60±0.73b
TVP-M 4.02±0.05e 21.48±0.02f 3.04±0.13fgh 7.49±0.32de
TVP-N 3.66±0.03f 28.36±0.00a 2.49±0.17h 18.94±0.03b
1)Mean values of three replicate measurements; values sharing the same lowercase letters are not significantly different at p<0.05.
2)Both WAI and WSI are obtained from the pulverized textured vegetable proteins, and both WAI(O) and WSI(O) are obtained from the original (nonpulverized) textured vegetable proteins.