Fuet was formulated with water, NaCl, dextrose and ground black
pepper (Table 2). The batters were stuffed into 40 mm diameter
collagen casings, resulting in sausages of about 200 g, which were
dipped in the starter P. candidum suspension prepared according to
manufacturer's instructions. The sausages were ripened for 20 days
under the following conditions: 6 days at 15 °C and 85% RH and
14 days at 12 °C and 75–80% RH. Sampling was performed at days
0, 7, 14, and 20 of ripening.