Research Article

Development, Characterization, and Optimization of Protein Level in Date Bars Using Response Surface Methodology

Table 8

Regression coefficients for the models representing as a function of variations in the independent variables for taste of date bars and their respective 𝑅 2 .

Terms of model equationsDay
0153045607590

Constant4.6671***3.8671***3.9293***3.1233**3.6379***3.6232***3.1879***
𝑋 0.3809* 0.4360** 0.3691*** 0.3743 0.2760** 0.2617* 0.3010*
𝑌 0.9118** 0.9915*** 1.0390*** 1.2077** 0.7514** 0.6640** 0.6015**
𝑋 × 𝑋 −0.0277*−0.0243**−0.0264***−0.0250−0.0208**−0.0257**−0.0208*
𝑌 × 𝑌 −0.0875**−0.0921**−0.1094***−0.1250**−0.0843**−0.0890**−0.0593**
𝑋 × 𝑌 −0.0166−0.0291*−0.0167**−0.0208 0.0000 0.0166−0.0083
𝑅 2 89.9%95.0%98.8%89.4%95.2%94.2%89.6%

*significant ( 𝑃 < 0 . 1 0 ); **significant ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 5 ); ***significant ( 𝑃 < 0 . 0 1 )
𝑋 : whey protein concentrate
𝑌 : vetch protein isolate.