The beans from all fermentations gave chocolates with typical sensory
characters. Statistical analysis (t-test) revealed that the mean liking
scores of chocolates made from beans fermented with the growth of
LAB (the absence of nisin or nisin + lysozyme) were not significantly
different (p N 0.05) from the scores of beans where the growth of LAB
was inhibited or restricted during fermentation (presence of nisin or
nisin + lysozyme) (Fig. 8). Chocolates prepared from batches of beans