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

Table 5

Populations of S. aureus ATCC 25923 and B. cereus in almond butter at varying concentrations of sucrose stored at 25°C.

Concentration of sucrose at 25°C	Populations (Log CFU/g) over storage time (days)
	1	7	14	21	28
S. aureus ATCC 25923
0%	5,40	5,39	5,22	4,87	4,53
12%	5,074	4,93	4,63	4,56	4,00
20%	4,89	4,79	4,65	4,49	3,15
B. cereus
0%	4,88	4,77	4,51	ND	ND
12%	5,25	5,22	5,041	3,77	3,53
20%	4,80	4,76	4,72	3,69	3,22

(1) Means with same superscript letters in rows within pathogen are not significantly different . (2) Means . (3) ND: not detected; ns: no significance.