Research Article

Approaches for the Elimination of Microbial Contaminants from Lippia multiflora Mold. Leaves Intended for Tea Bagging and Evaluation of Formulation

Table 2

Uniformity of mass of the formulated tea bags.

Processing approachBatch of productNumber of tea bags deviating by more than 10% from mean (N = 20)Number of tea bags deviating by more than 20% from mean (N = 20)

ALTB120
LTB210
LTB320
LTB420

BLTB110
LTB220
LTB310
LTB410

CLTB110
LTB200
LTB310
LTB420

Approach A: air-drying of the fresh leaves of L. multiflora Mold. before tea bagging; Approach B: oven-drying of the fresh leaves of L. multiflora Mold. before tea bagging; Approach C: microwaving of air-dried processed sample of L. multiflora Mold. before tea bagging.