Research Article
The Effect of Active Chitosan Films Containing Bacterial Cellulose Nanofiber and ZnO Nanoparticles on the Shelf Life of Loaf Bread
Table 4
Hardness of the different breads.
| Bread | Hardness (g) |
| Toast | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 0.5% | 804 ± 90i | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 1% | 17.74 ± 0.41l | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 2% | 1324 ± 64g | Control | 1350 ± 79f |
| Baguette | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 0.5% | 6585 ± 489c | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 1% | 2786 ± 67d | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 2% | 9272 ± 693a | Control | 2402 ± 127e |
| Sandwich-type | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 0.5% | 924 ± 31h | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 1% | 229 ± 20k | CH-BCNF- ZnO NPCs 2% | 701 ± 21i | Control | 7652 ± 574b |
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