Research Article

Plant and Fungal Food Components with Potential Activity on the Development of Microbial Oral Diseases

Table 4

Microbial contamination of selected food/beverages.

Food/beverageMesophilic bacteria
(cfu/mL)
Psychrophilic bacteria
(cfu/mL)
Moulds
(cfu/mL)
Enteric indicator Bacteria
(cfu/mL)
Environmental indicator bacteria
(cfu/mL)
Other microbial indicators
(cfu/mL)

Red chicory2500356014007401000<1
Mushroom482<1<1<1
Raspberry400570160<1<1<1
Green tea22010<1<1<1
Black tea460052<1<1<1
Cranberry<1<1<1<1<1<1
Beer13<1<1<1<1