A ten-milliliter aliquot, of either treated or untreated coconut milk, was diluted with 90 mL of sterile peptone water and serially diluted until the appropriate dilution for obtaining colony counts in the range of 30–300 colony forming units per mL (CFU/mL) was found. E. coli (ATCC 25922) (pour plating) and S. typhimurium (spread plating) colonies were counted on Eosin Methylene Blue and Salmonella–Shighella agars, respectively. Petri dishes were incubated at 37 ± 2 °C and then counted after 24–48 h. Aerobic mesophiles and molds plus yeasts counts were also determined by pour plating on nutritive and acidified (10% tartaric acid) potato dextrose agars, respectively. Petri plates for mesophiles were incubated at 37 ± 2 °C during 24–48 h. Molds plus yeasts were incubated at 27 ± 2 °C during 3–5 days. After that, the colony forming units per mL (CFU/mL) were counted. All growth media were acquired from BD Bioxon (Estado de Mexico, Mexico).