Figure 2.

Effect of edible films on the growth of total aerobic mesophilic (I), total aerobic psychrotrophic (II) and lactic acid (III) bacteria in Atlantic horse mackerel burgers coated with different film formulations (control without coating film, chitosan, sea fennel plant (SFP) incorporated in a chitosan-based film and sea fennel extract (SFE) incorporated in a chitosan-based film) and stored at 4 °C for 12 days. Different uppercase letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) over storage in each treatment. Different lowercase letters indicate significant differences (p < 0.05) due to the treatment.