Comparison of data of TS and sausages also
indicated how moisture loss increased the effective concentrations of
e.g. salts and inhibited the fermentative capacity of the starter culture.
In contrast to sausages, near identical end-product pH values were
obtained at both 20 and 30 °C also for HR sausages in TS in Exp. 3 (not
shown). The incomplete fermentation observed for HR sausages at
20 °C showed that fermentation temperatures optimal for starter