Research Article
Microbiological Analysis and Content of Heavy Metals in Different Candies, Chocolates, and Their Wrappers in Bangladesh
Table 4
Moisture content analysis of candies and chocolates of different brands available in the Bangladeshi market (each sample was assessed three times).
| Brand code | Average M.C. (%) | Std. dev. |
| Moisture content analysis of candies | S1 | 1.90 | 0.32 | S2 | 1.56 | 0.078 | S3 | 4.78 | 0.33 | S4 | 2.22 | 0.21 | S5 | 3.34 | 0.28 | S6 | 4.34 | 0.064 | S7 | 2.03 | 0.21 | S8 | 2.57 | 0.078 | S9 | 1.96 | 1.16 | S10 | 2.63 | 0.30 | S11 | 0.95 | 0.0495 | S12 | 1.86 | 0.24 | S13 | 4.04 | 0.29 | S15 | 1.6 | 0.13 | S16 | 1.08 | 0.29 | S17 | 1.940 | 0.014 | S18 | 1.05 | 0.02 | S19 | 0.70 | 0.07 | S20 | 0.64 | 0.03 | S21 | 0.99 | 0.26 | S22 | 1.02 | 0.04 | S23 | 1.23 | 0.03 |
| Moisture content analysis of chocolates | S14 | 1.96 | 0.085 | S27 | 1.04 | 0.042 | S28 | 1.71 | 0.071 | S29 | 0.88 | 0.031 | S31 | 0.98 | 0.028 |
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