Table 6.
The bacterial count expressed as (Log CFU/mL) in peptides-supplemented milk samples during storage period (0, 15, and 30 days) at 4 °C.
| Day | 0 | 15 | 30 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | TVC | PBC | CC | TVC | PBC | CC | TVC | PBC | CC |
| M−control | 5.2a ± 0.15 | 4.5a ± 0.12 | 2.7a ± 0.13 | 7.8a ± 0.15 | 5.0a ± 0.21 | 3.53a ± 0.18 | 8.9a ± 0.49 | 6.0a ± 0.31 | 4a ± 0.27 |
| M−DPI | 4.7b ± 0.25 | 4.0b ± 0.14 | 2.3b ± 0.21 | 5.6b ± 0.29 | 4.2b ± 0.25 | 2.84b ± 0.28 | 6.9b ± 0.51 | 5.0b ± 0.34 | 2.9b ± 0.14 |
| M−HPI | 4.6b ± 0.23 | 3.9b ± 0.15 | 1.9c ± 0.14 | 4.9c ± 0.31 | 4.1b ± 0.23 | 2.44c ± 0.19 | 6.2b ± 0.81 | 4.7bc ± 0.35 | 2.7b ± 0.24 |
| M−PSP | 3.0c ± 0.19 | 3.1c ± 0.16 | 1.8c ± 0.12 | 3.2d ± 0.27 | 3.5c ± 0.31 | 2.16d ± 0.28 | 4c ± 0.72 | 3.9c ± 0.36 | 2.1c ± 0.14 |
| M−PKH | 2.9c ± 0.18 | 3.0c ± 0.18 | 1.5d ± 0.15 | 3.1d ± 0.21 | 3.3c ± 0.25 | 1.62d ± 0.18 | 3.8c ± 0.61 | 3.5 cd ± 0.34 | 1.9c ± 0.14 |
Data are presented mean ± SD; mean in the same column with different lowercase letters are significantly different P ≤ 0.05; TVC, total viable count; CC, coliform count, and PBC, psychrophilic bacterial count.