Table 4. Rheological properties, chemical composition, and color of farm butter made from cows’ milk grazing on mountain pasture

Parameters A commerial brand Grazing time SEM F-value p-value
0 hr 6 hr 12 hr
Mean±SD Mean±SD Mean±SD Mean±SD
Hardness (kg) 413.37±34.17 242.70±6.74 523.23±8.11 228.90±5.23 96.500 1,583.734 0.000
Cohesiveness (%) 0.28±0.05 0.16±0.03 0.16±0.04 0.36±0.07 17.000 7.543 0.023
Springiness (mm) 0.33±0.12 0.17±0.05 0.17±0.12 0.66±0.20 0.162 12.578 0.007
Gumminess (kg) 116.90±24.30 38.40±5.32 82.97±22.65 82.08±16.69 15.146 7.689 0.022
Chewiness (kg×mm) 39.69±22.19 6.57±2.87 16.10±13.32 56.02±24.90 14.712 7.127 0.026
Adhesiveness −118.70±3.46 −85.43±14.67 −123.50±20.12 −147.23±23.23 0.068 17.635 0.003
Resilience 0.15±0.01 0.10±0.01 0.13±0.01 0.11±0.00 0.009 33.50 0.001
Total milk soids (%) 80.17±0.04 73.39±0.03 82.98±0.03 82.48 - - -
NaCl (%) 1.20±0.01 3.78±0.01 1.28±0.01 2.25 - - -
Total solids (%) 81.37±3.21 77.17±2.96 79.63±2.49 84.73±1.14 1.650 20.084 0.000
Moisture (%) 18.63±3.21 22.83±2.96 20.37±2.49 15.27±1.14 1.650 20.084 0.000
Lightness (L) 77.83±6.07 69.42±3.80 75.37±7.16 68.37±5.68 3.124 3.271 0.066
Redness (a) 0.87±0.42 0.68±0.15 2.21±0.65 1.52±0.55 0.329 4.092 0.038
Yellowness (b) 25.40±4.20 27.59±1.11 7.63±3.38 13.48±1.60 5.888 143.763 0.000