Microbial Safety of Low Water Activity Foods: Study of Simulated and Durban Household Samples

Table 2

Microbiological quality of low activity food presented in means of ACC, ASF, AnSF, and S. aureus (Log CFU/g) collected at household level.

Category	ACC; (Log CFU/g)	ASF; (Log CFU/g)	AnSF; (Log CFU/g)	S. aureus; (Log CFU/g)
Infant cereal
Adult cereal
Milk powder
Nuts
Spices
Chocolates

(1) Results represented as Means ± Standard Deviation. (2) Means . (3) Means with same superscript letters in rows are not significantly different . (4) ACC: aerobic colony count; ASF: aerobic spore-formers count; AnSF: anaerobic spore-formers count; ND: not detected.