We analyzed the contents of sodium, potassium and salt, the compositions of free amino acids and fatty acids, and the micro-flora of belacan produced in Malaysia.
The average contents of sodium, potassium and, salt, and the Na/K ratio were 9.48g/100g,207mg/100g,24.1% and 57.4, respectively.
The average total amount of free amino acids was 6.37g/100g, the major ones being glutamic acid, leucine, lysine, cytrosin and alanine. The glutamic acid cotent was 9.5% of the total free amino acids. The major fatty acids were C
16:0, C
18:1 and C
20:5, the mean lipid content being 1.7%.
The mean bacterial count was 3.13log/g. No
E. coli, Coliforms or
Enterobacteriaceae were not detected. The
Bacillus strains isolated from belacan were
B, pumilus, B. megaterium, B. licheniformis, B. firmus, B. alvei and B, mycodes.
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