Although the results showed microbial growth in CW decreased
over time, other authors have reported that the total aerobic
counts in untreated CW increased after 6 weeks of storage, and
that molds and yeasts showed no growth in the total period of
9 weeks of investigation (Damar, Balaban, & Sims, 2009). The
decreasing microbial growth observed from the third to fifteenth
days is due to an inverse tendency for the TA values, which means
an acid accumulation medium that becomes unsuitable for
microbial growth. Besides, the sugar concentration decreases as a
function of storage time.