MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SELF-SERVICE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM IN SINOP-MT, BRAZIL

Authors

  • Josiane Miranda de Souza Unic Sinop Aeroporto
  • Elizabeth Cristina Gomes dos Santos Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
  • Naira Josele Neves de Brito Unic Sinop Aeroporto
  • Gabriel Araujo da Silva UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO RIO GRANDE DO NORTE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.17328

Keywords:

Ice Cream. Total Coliforms. Fecal Coliforms. Psychrotrophic Fungi. Sanitary Profiles.

Abstract

Ice cream is a frozen dessert that was created in China bymixing snow, fruit and fruit juice. This product is consumedin warm climate regions, being refreshing, pleasant to tasteand with variable nutritional composition. In direct sales toconsumers, or in the self-service model, the ice cream is exposedto inadequate sanitary conditions derived from contamination bythe consumers’ saliva and other secretions. This study aimed toperform microbiological analysis of chocolate ice cream sold inself-service ice cream shops in Sinop-MT, Brazil. Samples fromfive shops were collected at random and soon after analysis wasperformed in duplicate. The microbiological testing resultedpositive for nine samples of Salmonella sp. The presence of totalcoliform and thermotolerant bacteria and E. coli was confirmedin all samples. However, no sample tested positive for mold oryeast. In general, the samples showed unsatisfactory conditions,offering health risk for consumers. Therefore, actions should betaken to control and prevent contamination.

DOI: 10.12957/demetra.2015.17328

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2015-12-17

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de Souza, J. M., dos Santos, E. C. G., de Brito, N. J. N., & da Silva, G. A. (2015). MICROBIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF SELF-SERVICE CHOCOLATE ICE CREAM IN SINOP-MT, BRAZIL. DEMETRA: Food, Nutrition & Health, 10(4), 857–866. https://doi.org/10.12957/demetra.2015.17328

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Vol. 10 No. 4 (2015)

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