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. 2018 Aug 19;5:871–877. doi: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2018.08.013

Table 2.

Total bacteria, total aerobic spore forming, total psychrotrophic spore forming, and total Bacillus cereus group counts in tested samples.

Type of tested samples Number
of tested samples
Bacterial groups* Positive samples Counts (log10cfu/g)
No % Min. Max. Mean.
infant food with fruit milk based 45 1 45(100) 2.593 4.161 3.453
2 45(100) 2.159 3.807 3.167
3 27(60) 0 2.608 0.987
4 28(62.2) 0 2.820 1.497
infant food with vegetables milk based 15 1 15(100) 2.441 4.275 3.365
2 15(100) 1.441 3.945 2.840
3 6(40) 0 1.852 0.583
4 4(26.6) 0 2.800 0.652
infant food with honey milk based 20 1 20(100) 1.759 3.849 3.070
2 20(100) 1.492 3.621 2.840
3 1(5) 0 2.075 0.104
4 6(30) 0 2.651 0.679
infant food with rice milk based 20 1 20(100) 1.259 3.761 2.923
2 20(100) 1.159 3.495 2.619
3 2(10) 0 1.100 0.101
4 3(15) 0 2.593 0.358
infant food with wheat milk based 20 1 20(100) 1.833 3.819 2.856
2 19(95) 0 3.394 2.410
3 2(10) 0 1.100 0.082
4 4(20) 0 2.360 0.451
infant milk powder 45 1 45(100) 1.651 3.416 2.417
2 45(100) 1.159 3.030 2.129
3 -ve -ve -ve -ve
4 -ve -ve -ve -ve
ready to use (infant food with fruit) 20 1 18(90) 0 2.388 1.896
2 12(60) 0 2.160 1.208
3 -ve -ve -ve -ve
4 -ve -ve -ve -ve
ready to use (infant food with vegetables) 20 1 20(100) 1.360 2.463 1.982
2 13(65) 0 2.229 1.199
3 -ve -ve -ve -ve
4 -ve -ve -ve -ve

Where, 1; Total bacterial counts, 2; Total aerobic spore forming counts, 3; Total psychrotrophic spore forming counts, 4; Total Bacillus cereus group counts.