Table 2.
The microbial indexes and physicochemical characteristics of the developed products at day 0 and day 60 during storage
| Testing | Products | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minced saury with pork | Crispy dried saury | Saury roll with roe | Saury with XO sauce | |||||
| Testing day | Day 0 | Day 60 | Day 0 | Day 60 | Day 0 | Day 60 | Day 0 | Day 60 |
| Microbial indexes | N.D | N.D | N.D | N.D | N.D | N.D | N.D | N.D |
| Water activity | 0.98 ± 0.01a | 0.96 ± 0.02a | 0.70 ± 0.00a | 0.78 ± 0.01a | 0.97 ± 0.02a | 0.97 ± 0.00a | 0.69 ± 0.01a | 0.72 ± 0.01a |
| Water content (%) | 60.04 ± 1.51a | 59.09 ± 2.80a | 17.81 ± 5.38a | 15.06 ± 2.30a | 64.76 ± 7.08a | 66.41 ± 0.09a | 47.46 ± 2.39a | 47.79 ± 6.78a |
| VBN (mg/100 g) | 11.76 ± 4.10a | 20.24 ± 0.87b | 11.70 ± 1.45a | 14.22 ± 0.35b | 13.73 ± 2.46a | 8.20 ± 0.74b | 10.56 ± 0.56a | 17.85 ± 2.15b |
| AV (mg KOH/g) | 0.50 ± 0.80a | 1.30 ± 0.75b | 0.75 ± 2.10a | 1.70 ± 5.60b | 0.50 ± 0.50a | 1.10 ± 0.90b | 0.59 ± 1.00a | 1.57 ± 3.15b |
| POV (meq/kg) | 2.53 ± 2.20a | 7.30 ± 1.70b | 2.06 ± 1.75a | 8.60 ± 2.53b | 3.80 ± 2.18a | 5.50 ± 2.89b | 2.36 ± 5.20a | 9.60 ± 1.14b |
| TBA (µg/g) | 3.65 ± 0.02a | 3.52 ± 1.02a | 6.48 ± 2.30a | 6.26 ± 0.57a | 5.38 ± 0.83a | 5.73 ± 0.36a | 0.56 ± 5.56a | 0.23 ± 2.22a |
Microbial indexes include mesophilic bacteria count (CFU/g), coliform (MPN/g), E. coli (MPN/g) were all non-detected. The detection limit was 10 CFU/g for mesophilic bacteria count and 3 MPN/g for coliform and E. coli, respectively
All microbial indexes and physicochemical characteristics were not significantly different (p < 0.05) after 60-day storage
VBN standard: 25 mg/100 g
AV standard: 2.0 mg KOH/g fat
POV standard: 10 meq/kg oil