Vol. 3, Special Issue 3, Part J (2017)

The aim of the study was to determine the microbiological evaluation of Ice–cream sold in different areas of Nanded city. To achieve the objectives of the present study the Ice-cream samples were subjected to anlyse microbiological status. Random samples of Ice-cream were collected from the 4 Areas namely Troda (Bk), Anandnager, Shivaji nagar (Branded), Anand nagar (Branded) of Nanded city. Microbial evaluation was done by examining Standard Plate Count (SPC), coli form count. Unorganisedsection of ice-cream was found to be higher than FSSAI values. SPC ranged from 74 x 10^-5 cfu/ml to 96 x 10^-5 cfu/ml. Microbial quality of Organized Branded Ice-cream sample was found to be satisfactory when compared with FSSAI.