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Table 1 pH and microbiological counts (log10 CFU/g) of salame and salsiccia made from raw meat of the swine Suino Nero dei Nebrodi during production and ripening

From: Microbial characterisation of fermented meat products from the Sicilian swine breed “Suino Nero Dei Nebrodi”

Samples

pH

Media

TPC

TMC

Enterobacteriaceae

Enterococci

Pseudomonads

Coccus LAB

Rod LAB

Yeasts

CPS

CNC

SS-MM

5.71 ± 0.1

5.2 ± 0.4

5.6 ± 0.2

5.0 ± 0.2

4.3 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.2

5.1 ± 0.0

5.3 ± 0.1

4.6 ± 0.4

1.3 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.1

SS-ST

5.68 ± 0.1

5.3 ± 0.1

5.5 ± 0.1

5.2 ± 0.1

4.1 ± 0.0

4.6 ± 0.2

4.9 ± 0.3

5.4 ± 0.2

4.5 ± 0.3

1.6 ± 0.3

3.8 ± 0.4

SS-W1

5.44 ± 0.1

6.7 ± 0.5

6.8 ± 0.6

5.2 ± 0.3

4.6 ± 0.6

4.6 ± 0.5

6.9 ± 0.8

7.1 ± 0.2

5.7 ± 0.2

<1

5.8 ± 0.2

SS-W2

5.18 ± 0.1

6.8 ± 0.1

7.0 ± 0.4

4.9 ± 0.2

5.4 ± 0.2

4.3 ± 0.3

6.6 ± 0.9

6.6 ± 0.4

5.7 ± 0.2

<1

6.9 ± 0.3

SM-MM

5.76 ± 0

5.0 ± 0.5

5.3 ± 0.8

5.0 ± 0.3

4.1 ± 0.5

4.7 ± 0.2

5.3 ± 0.3

5.1 ± 0.4

4.4 ± 0.3

1.4 ± 0.3

3.6 ± 0.2

SM-ST

5.72 ± 0.1

5.1 ± 0.2

5.4 ± 0.4

4.7 ± 0.3

4.1 ± 0.2

4.3 ± 0.4

5.4 ± 0.2

5.5 ± 0.3

4.5 ± 0.4

1.2 ± 0.2

3.9 ± 0.3

SM-W1

5.39 ± 0.1

6.6 ± 0.4

6.7 ± 0.4

5.2 ± 0.3

5.5 ± 0.2

4.6 ± 0.7

6.1 ± 0.3

6.4 ± 0.3

5.8 ± 0.3

<1

5.3 ± 0.1

SM-W2

5.21 ± 0

6.2 ± 0.6

6.9 ± 0.4

5.1 ± 0.4

6.4 ± 0.5

4.0 ± 0.4

6.2 ± 0.2

6.4 ± 0.2

5.5 ± 0.1

<1

5.6 ± 0.4

SM-W3

5.20 ± 0.1

7.2 ± 0.3

7.1 ± 0.8

5.0 ± 0.6

6.6 ± 0.2

3.9 ± 0.3

5.8 ± 0.2

6.7 ± 0.1

5.6 ± 0.4

<1

6.6 ± 0.2

SM-W4

5.18 ± 0.1

7.8 ± 0.2

8.0 ± 0.3

5.3 ± 0.3

5.8 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.6

5.8 ± 0.4

7.1 ± 0.3

5.4 ± 0.2

<1

6.7 ± 0.2

SM-W5

5.23 ± 0

7.7 ± 0.2

7.7 ± 0.2

5.7 ± 0.6

5.7 ± 0.2

3.6 ± 0.3

5.0 ± 0.2

7.6 ± 0.1

5.5 ± 0.2

<1

6.6 ± 0.4

SM-W6

5.21 ± 0

7.2 ± 0.2

7.5 ± 0.3

4.9 ± 0.3

5.4 ± 0.3

3.7 ± 0.6

4.9 ± 0.4

7.4 ± 0.1

5.2 ± 0.7

<1

6.9 ± 0.2

  1. SS, Salsiccia; SM, salame; MM, minced meat; ST, stuffed meat; W, week; TPC, total psychrotrophic count; TMC, total mesophilic count; LAB, lactic acid bacteria; CPS, coagulase-positive staphylococci; CNC, coagulase-negative cocci
  2. Data are presented as mean values ± standard deviation (SD)