Quality Assessment of Selected Dairy Products in Sri Lankan Market

Table 1

Physicochemical parameters of imported and local FCMP brands.

Parameter	Imported brands	Local brands
Fat (g) in SOM by mass	6.54 ± 0.5^a	6.25 ± 0.5^a
Protein (g) in SOM by mass	6.05 ± 0.5^a	6.13 ± 0.6^a
Carbohydrate (g) in SOM by mass	10.72 ± 0.75^a	11.06 ± 0.94^a
Ash (g) in SOM by mass	0.8 ± 0.31^a	0.86 ± 0.43^a
Moisture (%) by mass	3.77 ± 1.06^a	2.8 ± 1.18^b
pH	6.75 ± 0.01^a	6.73 ± 0.13^a
TA (% of lactic acid)	0.17 ± 0.01^a	0.18 ± 0.02^a
SG	1.032 ± 0.00^a	1.033 ± 0.00^a

TA = titratable acidity; SG = specific gravity; means followed by different superscript letters within a row are significantly different ().