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http://dx.doi.org/10.7318/KJFC.2010.25.5.499

A Survey of American's Perception and Preference for Korean Kimchi: Focus on Illinois and California  

Han, Jae-Sook (Gyeongbuk Women's Policy Development Institute)
Han, Gyeong-Phil (Division of Foodservice Industry, Uiduk University)
Lee, Jin-Shik (Division of Foodservice Industry, Uiduk University)
Han, Gab-Jo (Division of Foodservice Industry, Uiduk University)
Kim, Young-Jin (Korea Food Research Institute)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture / v.25, no.5, 2010 , pp. 499-507 More about this Journal
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate American's perception and preference for Korean kimchi. A questionnaire was used to examine the perceptions of 126 males (40.4%) and 186 females (59.6%) residing in Illinois and California. Approximately 68% of the respondents had eaten Korean food. The perception of kimchi was the highest with a mean of 3.62. The respondents felt that the "Kimchi is a good side dish with cooked rice", "Kimchi (with garlic) prevents SARS", which was significantly different (M=3.06, p< .001), and "Kimchi prevents adult diseases" (M=3.24, p< .01). When evaluating the different kinds of kimchi, onion juice kimchi had the most preferred taste and also the highest overall acceptability (M=5.50, p< .05) of the second days. In the sensory evaluation by kimchi use, the best taste (p< .001) was in the order of kimchi pizza (M=6.58), kimchi dumplings (M=6.40), and kimchi chicken a'laking (M=6.33). The order for overall acceptability (p< .001) was kimchi dumplings (M=6.30), kimchi pizza (M=6.25), kimchi bacon roll, kimchi fried rice, and kimchi chicken a'laking (M=6.17).
Keywords
American; Korean Kimchi; Kimchi use; perception; preference;
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