• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.18 no.5
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• pp.220-232
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• 2012

The study was carried out to evaluate the storage and quality characteristics of Duteoptteok added with mugwort. The content of moisture and crude fiber in Duteoptteok significantly increased while that of the crude protein and crude ash decreased by adding 10, 20 and 30% of mugwort. As for the color value, the L, a, b value of Duteoptteok decreased as the amount of mugwort increased. Also, the L value decreased by the increase of the storage period. However, the a and b value didn't show any significant difference. For the texture characteristics, as the amount of mugwort increased, the hardness, springiness, cohesiveness, gumminess and chewiness decreased; however, the adhesiveness increased. Moreover, the hardness, adhesiveness, gumminess and chewiness increased according to the changes of the storage period, while the springiness and cohesiveness decreased. According to higher amount of mugwort, the gelatinization degree increased while the retrogradation degree decreased. The viable cell count and yeast and mold count showed a decreasing tendency as the amount of mugwort increased while they increased by increasing the storage period. The results from this study suggests that the quality characteristics of Duteoptteok improved and storage period became longer by adding mugwort.