Table 4.

Microbiological properties of hog plum juice stored at 4 ± 2°C and 26 ± 2°C

Storage
temperature
Duration of
storage (weeks)
TBC
(CFU/mL)
TFC
(CFU/mL)
TCC
(CFU/mL)
4 ± 2°C0NDNDND
 2NDNDND
 41.0 ± 0.02c1.0 ± 0.82dND
 61.2 ± 0.03c2.5 ± 0.05cND
 82.0 ± 0.04b2.5 ± 0.05cND
26 ± 2°C0NDNDND
 21.1 ± 0.01c1.1 ± 0.04dND
 41.5 ± 0.02bc2.3 ± 0.05cND
 61.6 ± 0.01bc3.2 ± 0.05bND
 83.3 ± 0.04a5.0 ± 0.05aND
Notes:

Values are means of duplicate samples, each analyzed in triplicate (n = 6) ± standard deviation. Means with different superscripts within the same column are significantly different at p < 0.05. TBC, total bacterial count; TFC, total fungal count; TCC, total coliform count; ND, not detectable

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