Table 1: Microbial counts of soymilk samples.
|
Soymilk samples |
Sample code |
Bacterial count x101 cfu/ml |
Fungi count x101 sfu/ml |
Coliform count x101 cfu/ml |
|
Branded |
HL GD VT SF |
0.50 ± 0.70a 0.80 ± 0.70a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.50 ± 0.70a |
0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a |
0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a 0.00 ± 0.00a |
|
Unbranded |
LOCAL |
20.00 ± 0.40b |
18.00 ± 0.08b |
0.00 ± 0.00a |
Each values is a mean of triplicate determination ± SE and means having the same letter in the column are not significantly different (p > 0. 05) by Tukey test at α = 0.05. Note: HL, GD, VT and SF = codes for branded soymilk samples.