Table 3.

Stability of the NF

Parameters	NF
Time points (days)	Baseline 5 days	Baseline 659 Days	Baseline + Accelerated for 8 Weeks (877 days)	Baseline + Accelerated for 16 Weeks (1072 days)	Baseline + Accelerated for 24 Weeks (1277 days)
Microbiological (cfu/g)
Aerobic Plate Count (APC)	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10
Yeasts	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10
Moulds	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10
S. aureus	N.A.	N.A.	< 10	< 10	< 10
Coliforms	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10
E. coli	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10	< 10
L. monocytogenes (in 25 g)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
B. cereus	N.A.	N.A.	< 10	< 10	< 10
Salmonella (in 25 g)	ND	ND	ND	ND	ND
Physical/Chemical parameters
Moisture (% m/m)	2.59	2.80	4.20	4.69	5.50
pH	6.10	6.03	5.96	5.82	5.78
Protein (measured) %	76.81	76.94	76.19	73.63	75.19
Carbohydrates (%)	N.A.	4.07	8.45	4.69	7.29
Fat (%)	N.A.	8.59	6.86	9.00	8.52
Ash (%)	N.A.	7.60	4.30	8.08	3.83
Calories (kcal/100 g)	N.A.	401	400	394	404
TBA – Rancidity (mg/kg)	N.A.	2.46	N.A.	2.26	N.A.
Hexanal (ppm)	N.A.	38.8	N.A.	19.8	N.A.

N.A: Not analysed – not provided, ND: Non‐detected.