Acknowledgement
This work was partly supported by High Value-added Food Technology Development Program funded by Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA)(321026051SB010), Agriculture Science and Technology Development Program funded by the Rural Development Administration of Korea(PJ0149382022), the Bio & Medical Technology Development Program of the National Research Foundation (NRF) funded by the Korean government (MSIT) (2022M3A9l308236712), and the Research Initiative Program(1711196158) of KRIBB.
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