. 2023 Jan 31;12(3):595. doi: 10.3390/foods12030595

Table 3.

Microbial counts and acidity of GFBs during storage time.

	Total Mesophilic Bacteria [CFU/g]	Fungi [CFU/g]	Coliforms [CFU/g]	Bacillus sp. [CFU/g]	pH
24 h
Control	<10	<10	Nd	Nd	4.21 ± 0.11 ^a
FOCE25%	<10	<10	Nd	Nd	4.22 ± 0.24 ^a
FOCE50%	<10	<10	Nd	Nd	4.23 ± 0.08 ^a
FOCE75%	<10	<10	Nd	Nd	4.26 ± 0.18 ^a
FOCE100%	<10	<10	Nd	Nd	4.27 ± 0.10 ^b
72 h
Control	1.81 × 10¹ ± 0.09 ^a	1.78 × 10¹ ± 0.12 ^a	Nd	Nd	4.13 ± 0.05 ^a
FOCE25%	1.67 × 10¹ ± 0.23 ^b	1.54 × 10¹ ± 0.52 ^b	Nd	Nd	4.15 ± 0.14 ^a
FOCE50%	1.45 × 10¹ ± 0.54 ^c	0.78 × 10¹ ± 0.57 ^c	Nd	Nd	4.17 ± 0.12 ^a
FOCE75%	1.99 × 10¹ ± 0.23 ^d	1.22 × 10¹ ± 0.13 ^d	Nd	Nd	4.19 ± 0.14 ^a
FOCE100%	1.44 × 10¹ ± 0.19 ^c	1.09 × 10¹ ± 0.85 ^e	Nd	Nd	4.28 ± 0.07 ^b
120 h
Control	2.03 × 10¹ ± 0.43 ^a	5.33 × 10³ ± 0.12 ^a	Nd	Nd	4.04 ± 0.02 ^a
FOCE25%	1.88 × 10¹ ± 0.43 ^a	2.08 × 10² ± 0.65 ^b	Nd	Nd	4.09 ± 0.08 ^a
FOCE50%	1.55 × 10¹ ± 0.57 ^b	1.39 × 10² ± 0.25 ^c	Nd	Nd	4.16 ± 0.22 ^a
FOCE75%	2.12 × 10¹ ± 0.69 ^c	1.98 × 10² ± 0.35 ^d	Nd	Nd	4.18 ± 0.28 ^a
FOCE100%	1.28 × 10¹ ± 0.08 ^d	1.88 × 10² ± 0.87 ^e	Nd	Nd	4.22 ± 0.11 ^b

Values are means ± standard deviation of triplicate determinations. Means with different lowercase letters in the same column at specific time intervals (24 h, 72 h, 120 h) are significantly different at p < 0.05. Nd—not detected.