Table 4.
Total viable count and psychrophilic bacteria of herbal enriched juices stored for 2 months at 4 °C (mean ± SD).
| Storage (month) |
0 |
15 |
30 |
45 |
60 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sample | TVC | PC | TVC | PC | TVC | PC | TVC | PC | TVC | PC |
| J-con | 4.0 ± 0.2a | 1.2 ± 0.5 | 4.8 ± 0.1 | 2.8 ± 0.1 | 5.7 ± 0.1 | 3.4 ± 0.2 | 6.9 ± 0.5 | 4.1 ± 0.1 | 7.5 ± 0.2 | 4.9 ± 0.2 |
| J-PME | 3.1 ± 0.1c | 0.6 ± 0.3 | 3.3 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.09 | 3.8 ± 0.2 | 2.2 ± 0.1 | 4.2 ± 0.2 | 2.7 ± 0.2 | 5.0 ± 0.1 | 3.0 ± 0.5 |
| J-BE | 3.9 ± 0.3a | 1.1 ± 0.7 | 4.2 ± 0.5 | 2.4 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.6 | 2.9 ± 0.2 | 5.6 ± 0.7 | 3.5 ± 0.3 | 6.3 ± 0.3 | 3.9 ± 0.1 |
| J-LE | 3.8 ± 0.2b | 1.0 ± 0.5 | 4.1 ± 0.4 | 2.1 ± 0.1 | 4.7 ± 0.3 | 2.7 ± 0.1 | 5.3 ± 0.3 | 3.2 ± 0.1 | 6.0 ± 0.4 | 3.7 ± 0.1 |
| J-LEE | 3.5 ± 0.5b | 0.9 ± 0.3 | 3.7 ± 0.2 | 1.9 ± 0.0 | 4.0 ± 0.4 | 2.5 ± 0.1 | 4.8 ± 0.2 | 3.0 ± 0.0 | 5.7 ± 0.7 | 3.5 ± 0.5 |
TVC; total viable count; PC; psychrophilic count. The data means are presented mean ± SD; means with different lowercase letters in the same column indicate significant difference between treatments.