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 |