Table 1. Physical and chemical evaluations of whey before (WBR) and after (WPR) Ricotta cheesemaking obtained from ewes fed a standard diet (CTRL) and ewes fed red grape pomace dietary supplementation (GP+)
| WBR | WPR |
CTRL | GP+ | p-vaule | CTRL | GP+ | p-vaule |
Lipids1) (%) | 1.42±0.13 | 1.35±0.32 | ns | 0.09±0.06 | 0.23±0.01 | ns |
L* | 81.01±26.36 | 79.22±19.78 | *** | 80.09±17.15 | 81.90±19.22 | *** |
a* | –0.37±0.57 | –0.53±0.37 | *** | 0.14±0.34 | 0.18±0.40 | * |
b* | 8.23±2.30 | 8.65±2.26 | *** | 9.59±2.17 | 9.04±2.08 | *** |
YI | 14.47±0.08 | 15.60±0.15 | *** | 17.11±0.12 | 15.76±0.13 | *** |
ΔEab | 3.44 | | 3.59 | |
TPCs (μg GAE/mL) | 44.43±1.98 | 37.27±0.05 | * | 21.57±0.60 | 26.47±3.02 | ns |
TEAC (μmol/mL) | 6.25±1.11 | 9.48±3.05 | ns | 9.03±0.77 | 10.49±0.84 | ns |
All data are reported as mean±SD.
Data are reported on as sample basis.
p<0.05,
p<0.001.
ns, not significant; YI, yellow index; ΔEab, color differences; TPCs, total phenolic compounds; TEAC, trolox equivalent antioxidant capacity.