Research Article

Physical Characteristics of Amorphous and Crystalline Coconut Sugar Powder with the Addition of Tricalcium Phosphate (TCP) as an Anticaking Agent

Table 2

The hypothetical area of coconut sugar powder produced by vacuum drying and conventional method and tricalcium phosphate (TCP).

SampleWeight (g) (g/ml) (m2)% area cover
VacuumConventional

Vacuum100137.7 μm1.4185.379
Conventional100126.7 μm1.59975.181
TCP 0.5%0.59.809 μm0.3171.68831.432.6
TCP 1%19.809 μm0.3173.37662.865.2