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Fermentation of Kanjang, Korean Soy Sauce, in Porosity-Controlled Earthenwares with Changing the Mixing Ratio of Raw Soils  

Chung, Sun-Kyung (Department of Confectionery and Baking, Changwon College)
Lee, Kwang-Soo (Busan Regional Food and Drug Administration)
Lee, Dong-Sun (Division of Food Science and Biotechnology, Kyungnam University)
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Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology / v.38, no.2, 2006 , pp. 215-221 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study focuses on investigating the effect of porosity-controlled earthenware on fermentation of kanjang, Korean soy sauce. Porosity of fermentation vessel was controlled by changing the mixing ratio of raw soils at manufacturing earthenware. Earthenwares contented 0%, 40% and 60% of the mixture of red brown soil and powdered soil (1 : 1), respectively. The more contents of the mixed soil, the more porosity in earthenware. During fermentation of kanjang in porosity-controlled earthenwares at $30^{\circ}C$ for 4 months, physical, chemical, microbiological and sensory quality attributes were monitored. Compared to other containers, kanjang in the earthenware that had 0% mixed soil showed less water loss, salt content and pH. It also produced higher total acidity, protease activity, total nucleotide, and microbiological changes which included total aerobic bacteria, lactic acid bacteria and yeast. Total nitrogen and free amino acids in kanjang did not show the consistency with the mixed soil contents of fermentation containers, which may take more effect of other factors as water loss than the porosity of vessels. However, the percentage of glutamic acid in total free amino acids was a little higher in the earthenware that had 0% of mixed soil than other containers. These positive physicochemical, microbiological changes also resulted in higher sensory quality.
Keywords
kanjang; porosity; earthenware; powdered soil;
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