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Effect of Low Temperature on the Qualities of Long-term Fermented Kimchi (Korean Pickled Cabbage)  

Ji, Seol-Hee (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kangwon National University)
Han, Woo-Cheul (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kangwon National University)
Lee, Jae-Cheol (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kangwon National University)
Cheong, Chul (Department of Fermented Food Science, Seoul University of Venture and Information)
Kang, Soon-Ah (Department of Fermented Food Science, Seoul University of Venture and Information)
Lee, Je-Hyuk (Plant Resources Research Institute, Duksung Women's University)
Jang, Ki-Hyo (Department of Food and Nutrition, Kangwon National University)
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Food Science and Preservation / v.16, no.6, 2009 , pp. 804-809 More about this Journal
Abstract
Recently, many Koreans have started to consume aged kimchi fermented long-term at low temperatures. In the present study, the effect of low temperature ($5^{\circ}C$) on pH, titratable acidity (TA), organic acid level, viable microbial cell count, amino acid concentration, and polygalacturonase activity (PG) during long-term fermentation (46 weeks) of kimchi, were evaluated. After 10 weeks of fermentation, kimchi had a pH of 4.1 and a TA of 1.0%, respectively after 46 weeks fermentation, these values were 3.9 and 1.3%, respectively. Lactic acid, the ratio of lactic acid to acetic acid, and the ratio of Lactobacillus species/Leuconostoc species in kimchi increased as fermentation progressed from 10 weeks to 46 weeks. However, total viable cell counts of aerobic bacteria, yeasts, Lactobacillus species, and Leuconostoc species, free amino acid levels, and PG decreased as the fermentation period was extended from 10 weeks to 46 weeks.
Keywords
kimchi; temperature; long-term fermentation; Leuconostoc mesenteroides; Lactobacillus plantarum;
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