Coliforms in cremoladas sold in the city of Jaen, 2025

• Autores: Bravo Vasquez, Jarly, Vallejos Guevara, César Raúl, Montenegro Juárez, Julio César
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2025
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Intercultural Fabiola Salazar Leguía de Bagua
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Intercultural Fabiola Salazar Leguía de Bagua
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:revista.unibagua.edu.pe:article/335
• Enlace del recurso: https://revista.unibagua.edu.pe/index.php/dekamuagropec/article/view/335
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Enterobacterias; Escherichia coli; intoxicación; hielo picado; recuento; Enterobacteriaceae; poisoning; crushed ice; count

In the province of Jaén, department of Cajamarca, temperatures can exceed 35 °C. Due to the intense heat, residents choose to consume cremoladas, made with ice, flavorings and/or pure fruit, and which are often not prepared with adequate care and sanitary measures. Given the high demand for these drinks, we were forced to conduct a descriptive, non-experimental study aimed at determining the presence of coliforms in cremoladas sold in the city of Jaén. 64 samples from different points of sale in the city of Jaén were evaluated. Two repetitions were made to count coliforms and Escherichia coli, homologating them with NTS No. 071 - MINSA/DIGESA-V. 01. Determinig that 87,5% of processed samples were positive for coliforms with a maximum count of 118x103 UFC/ml and a minimun of 1x101 UFC/ml, the presence of Escherichia coli was identitified in 37,5%, Entorobacter cloacae 23,5%, Citrobacter koseri 28,4%, and Shiguella sp. 70,6%, therefore, it is conclued thra the cremoladas are not suitable for human consumption according to NTS N° 071-MINSA/DIGESA-V.01