Survey of physicochemical characteristics and microbial contamination in selected food locally vended in Morogoro Municipality, Tanzania

Table 3 Physicochemical parameters raw fruit juice samples (n = 30)

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Juice type	Mango	23	76.7
Juice type	Mixture	7	23.3
Colour	Yellow	30	100.0
Colour	Others	0	0.0
Odour	Good	30	100.0
Odour	Bad	0	0.0
Presence of dirty in juice	Yes	0	0.0
Presence of dirty in juice	No	30	100.0
Cleanliness of juice containers	Dirty	13	43.3
	Satisfactory	7	23.3
	Clean	10	33.3
Cleanliness of the environment at juice selling points	Dirty	6	20.0
Cleanliness of the environment at juice selling points	Clean	24	80.0
Juice pH	3–3.9	4	13.0
	4–4.9	24	80.0
	5–5.9	2	7.0

Note that the percentages of juice physicochemical parameters were calculated out of 30 samples analysed

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