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. 2022 Apr 15;60(3):1006–1014. doi: 10.1007/s13197-022-05432-1

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