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Table 1 Water activity and pH values of dry dog food brands

From: Assessing the potential for Salmonella growth in rehydrated dry dog food

 

Dog Food Brand

#1

#2

#3

#4

#5

#6

#7

#8

pH

5.30 ± 0.02a

5.52 ± 0.01

5.70 ± 0.02

5.83 ± 0.02

6.13 ± 0.02

6.12 ± 0.04

5.39 ± 0.04

5.02 ± 0.02

aw (no added water)

0.495 ± 0.012

0.486 ± 0.010

0.401 ± 0.008

0.492 ± 0.009

0.459 ± 0.003

0.434 ± 0.009

0.661 ± 0.009

0.653 ± 0.010

  1. aValues represent the mean and standard deviation of three samples