Table 1
Alcohol content, pH, and microbial content of sterilized and non-sterilized Korean turbid rice wines.
Sample Alcohol content (%) pH Microbial counts (log CFU/ml)
Aerobic plate count Lactic acid bacteria Acetic acid bacteria Fungi Coliforms
Sterilized Korean turbid rice wine A 7 3.92 0.03ab 1.21 0.04c NDb NDc NDc ND
B 6 3.88 0.03b 1.69 0.31c NDb NDc NDc ND
C 6 3.89 0.05b 2.44 0.48b NDb 0.63 1.10c NDc ND
Non-sterilized Korean turbid rice wine D 6 3.98 0.02a 7.57 0.28a 7.56 0.46a 3.99 0.13a 7.47 0.16a ND
E 6 3.97 0.02a 7.79 0.14a 7.48 0.08a 2.04 0.07b 6.65 0.10b ND
F 6 3.43 0.03c 8.01 0.03a 7.93 0.02a 2.98 0.19 ab 7.39 0.08a ND
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