Microbiological and nutritional qualities of burukutu sold in mammy market Abakpa, Enugu State, Nigeria

The microbiological and nutritional qualities of burukutu sold in Mammy market, Enugu State, Nigeria were carried out. Fourty samples of burukutu were examined for total aerobic plate count, coliform count Escherichia coli count Salmonella-Shigella count, Vibrio cholerae count and fungal count using pour plate technique and also for proximate analyses and nutritional contents. The total aerobic plate mean count ranged from1.6 0.6 x 10 7 cfu/mL to 7.8 1.2 x 10 7 cfu/mL. The coliform count ranged from 1.9 0.6 x 10 5 cfu/mL to 6.6 2.4 x 10 5 cfu/mL. The Escherichia coli count ranged from 1.0 0.01 x 10 3 cfu/mL to 3.9 1.0 x 10 3 cfu/mL while Salmonella-Shigella count and Vibrio cholerae count had 0cfu/mL respectively. The fungal count ranged from 1.3 0.4 x 10 2 cfu/mL to 6.3 2.0 x 10 2 cfu/mL. The bacterial genera isolated were Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus species, Bacillus species and Escherichia coli, while the fungal genera were Aspergillus species, Fusarium species, Penicillum species and Sacchromyces cerevisiae. The mean values of the proximate and nutritional contents were pH, 3.49 0.5; temperature, 29 1.0 o C, moisture content, 92.25 5.0%; specific gravity, 0.99 0.02%; ash content, 1.05 0.03%; ester extract, 0.29 0.01%; crude fibre, 0.35 0.02%; carbohydrate content, 3.32 0.06%; alcoholic content, 1.63 0.3%; crude protein, 2.75 0.5%; and total titrable acidity, 1.55 0.3%; sodium, 1.47 0.01%; potassium, 1.08 0.02%; phosphorus, 0.61 0.01%; magnesium; 32 4.0%; iron, 12 1.0% and calcium 1.47 0.3%.