Table 5.
Microbiological analyses (log10 CFU g−1) of ice cream treatments (means ± SE).
| Parameters | Ice Cream Treatments | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SC1 | SC2 | SC3 | SC4 | |
| Aerobic mesophilic bacterial count | 4.14 ± 0.41 a | 4.30 ± 0.54 a | 4.10 ± 0.0.35 a | 4.20 ± 0.62 a |
| Psychrotrophic bacteria | <1 | <1 | <1 | <1 |
SC1: control without artificial sugar; SC2: ice cream with stevia; SC3: ice cream with sucralose; SC4: ice cream with sorbitol; a: means with different superscript letters within the same row differ significantly (p < 0.05).