. 2023 Sep 6;12(18):3343. doi: 10.3390/foods12183343

Table 11.

The pH, volatile basic nitrogen (VBN), total bacterial counts (TBC), and heavy metal contents of raw octopus arm and octopus pulpo a La Gallega prototype (OPLGP).

Sample		Raw	OPLGP
Freshness indicators	pH	6.70 ± 0.0 ^a	6.92 ± 0.0 ^b
	VBN (mg/100 g)	6.5 ± 1.6 ^a	14.8 ± 0.8 ^b
	TBC (CFU/g)	2.0 × 10 ^b	1.2 × 10 ^a
Heavy metal	Pb (mg/kg)	0.06 ± 0.00 ^b	0.01 ± 0.00 ^a
Heavy metal	Cd (mg/kg)	0.09 ± 0.00 ^b	0.02 ± 0.00 ^a

Different letters on the data in the column indicate a significant difference at p < 0.05.