Fungal Variation during Peanut Paste Storage

Table 4

Density of fungal contaminants.

Moulding method	Fungal contaminants	Density (percentage)
		First day	1 month	2 months	3 months
Domestic moulding	A. flavus	0	100	33	0
	A. niger	0	0	33	50
	Penicillium sp.	0	0	33	50
Artisanal moulding	Mucor sp.	100	33	25	20
	Absidia sp.	0	0	12	10
	Penicillium sp.	0	0	12	20
	A. flavus	0	33	12	20
	A. niger	0	33	25	20
	A. fumigatus	0	0	12	10
Hygienic moulding	Mucor sp.	0	0	50	33
	A. niger	0	100	50	67