• Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
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• v.2 no.1
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• pp.1-4
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• 1969

35 samples of Korean fermented foodstuffs were tested to isolate and to identify for aflatoxins. Aflatoxin $G_1$ was detected in samples of soybean and Kanjang (Soybean sauce), and aflatoxins $G_1$ & $G_2$ in Meju (fermented soybean mass) and Dwenjang (fermented soybean paste). In the culture media of Aspergillus flavus aflatoxins $B_1,\;B_2,\;G_1\;and\;G_2$ were also isolated and identified. Aflatoxins were confirmed by the thin layer chromatography with methanol : chroroform (5:95v/v) developer and the ultra violet absorption spectrum.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.26 no.3
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• pp.553-564
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• 2013

The core ingredient of traditional Korean style soy sauce is soy bean without any wheat or rice incorporated. National brands as well as regional micro-brewed companies constitute the soy sauce market in Korea. The present study investigated the physico-chemical and sensory properties of soy sauces produced by small-scale or mass-production. Additionally, the key physico-chemical parameters sufficiently representing the critical sensory characteristics have been identified. Ten types of soy sauce brewed by the Korean traditional method were selected for the study. Among these samples, seven types were brewed in small-scales in the Gyeonggi-do region whereas the other 3 types were mass-production products of major national brands. The total solid, reducing sugar, salinity, sugar content, amino nitrogen, CIELAB, acidity, and pH of soy sauce samples were measured for the physico-chemical analysis. A generic descriptive analysis was conducted to analyze the sensory characteristics of the samples using six trained panelists. The descriptive panel developed 21 sensory attributes. The data were statistically analyzed using ANOVA, PCA and PLSR. Overall, the micro-brewed products showed significantly higher value of salinity and acidity but lower content of reducing sugar than the mass-production products. The micro-brewed soy sauces elicited stronger fermented flavor, sourness, and bitterness whereas the national brand products elicited stronger alcoholic odor, sweetness and umami taste. Sugar content, acidity, and amino nitrogen showed strong relationships with fish sauce flavor, umami taste, and rich flavor. Salinity was closely related to the overall flavor intensity.

• Proceedings of the Korean Sanitation Conference
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• 2004.11a
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• pp.95-105
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• 2004

By the government policy, the number of school which is routing a school lunch system is increasing. Since school lunch play an important part of the basis of physical strength in high, middle and elementary schools. There are many arguments over the safety of the soy-sauce made from acid-hydrolyzate. We study public and private high, middle and elementary schools located in Uijeongbu-city and the northern Seoul area. As a result, it showed us that the using rate of commercial fermented soy sauce was $46.3\%$, which was the highest. Chemical soy sauce followed it on presenting $4l/8\%$ and acid-hydrolyzated soy sauce was$11.9\%$.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.913-920
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• 2003

Soybean sauce fermented with soybean and wheat, has been a major condiment of Korean diets from centuries ago. Melanoidin, a brown pigment generally found in various food systems, is a final product produced in amino-carbonyl reaction during soybean sauce processing. Antioxidative activities of soybean sauce and melanoidin were investigated in vitro system using linoleic acid emulsion. Soybean sauce and glucose-lysine model melanoidin showed the stronger antioxidative effect than control by ferric thiocyanate and conjugated diene assays. In addition, DPPH radical scavenging effect of soybean sauce was higher than melanoidin, which was ascribed to soluble peptide and low molecular protein existing in soybean sauce. To ascertain antioxidative effect of dietary soybean sauce and melanoidin in vivo, the male Wister rats were fed 10% soybean sauce or 10% glucose-lysine model melanoidin with corn oil or fish oil for 5 weeks. Fatty acid compositions in liver and plasma were influenced by oil source. Therefore, EPA and DHA contents of fish oil group were higher than those of corn oil group. When the inhibitory effect of soybean sauce and melanoidin on lipid peroxidation using TBARS methods was measured, fish oil group (FC) showed higher malondialdehyde (MDA) content than corn oil group (CC). However, supplementation of soybean sauce and melanoidin to fish oil group attenuated MDA formation. In the levels of phosphatidyl choline hydroperoxide (PCOOH) in liver and plasma by CL (chemiluminescence)-HPLC method, PCOOH in FC group was significantly higher than that of CC group both in liver and plasma. Supplementation of soybean sauce to fish oil groups significantly inhibited the formation of PCOOH in plasma and liver, while melanoidin suppressed hepatic PCOOH formation. Based on these results, it can be suggested that soybean sauce possesses stronger antioxidative potential than melanoidin.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Applied Microbiology Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.271-271
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• 2005

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.35 no.3
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• pp.447-454
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• 2003

Chemical and microbial properties of Northern sand lance, Ammodytes personatus, sauce fermented at $15^{\circ}C$ with fermentation accelerating agents, koji, enzyme, and squid viscera, were analyzed. Total creatine content of Northern sand lance sauce with squid viscera increased up to 2 months of ripening and decreased gradually thereafter, while that with koji or enzyme, and control, increased up to 3 months of ripening and then decreased slowly. TBA values of all samples increased sharply during early ripening, followed by slight decrease. Free amino acid content with all agents increased continuously as fermentation progressed. Major free amino acids of Northern sand lance sauce were glutamic acid, alanine, valine, leucine, and lysine. Total viable cell counts with all agents also increased during early ripening and then decreased. Total viable cell count of Northern sand lance sauce with squid viscera was the highest followed that with koji, enzyme, and control. Northern sand land sauce manufactured with koji showed the most acceptable sensory evaluation result, followed by that with squid viscera.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.537-542
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• 1987

Antioxidative characteristics and it's related substances of fermented soybean sauce in lipid oxidation process were studied. Soybean sauce was prepared according to various periods of fermentation, and model systems were made of cooked ground meat with soybean sauce of various levels of combination (1/10,2/10,3/10,4/10,5/10 in system) and various fermentation periods (0,2,4.6 months). During the storage for 5 weeks at $6^{\circ}C$, antioxidative activities of soybean sauce in the systems were increased with the increase of concentration and fermentation period of soybean sauce. And also in the comparison of the antioxidative effect on the compositions of total phenol content, Maillard browning reaction products and free amino acids in the soybean sauces of the various fermentation periods, the browning products were considered as the major antioxidative substances in soybean sauce.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.160-165
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• 1979

This study was carried out to investigate effects of iron content on the quality of soy sauce, bean paste and red pepper paste, and to elucidate the origin of iron and change of the contents during production processes. For the first step, the iron contents in commercial soy sauce and changes of the contents during brewing process were determined. The results obtained were as follows. 1, Iron contents of raw materials were 108 ppm in soy bean, 133ppm in defatted soy bean, 79 ppm in wheat, 5 ppm in sodium chloride, 58 ppm in seed koji, 300-2000 ppm in spore of Aspergillus oryzae, 240 ppm in wheat gluten, 20 ppm in sodium carbonate (above figures were of dry weight basis), 6 ppm in hydrochloric acid, 18 ppm in caramel and 0.3ppm in brewing water respectively. 2, Iron contents in koji were 200-240 ppm (as dry weight basis) and increased, more or less, in progress of koji-making period. 3. Iron contents in the mashes during fermentation were 40 rpm after 1 month, 43-47 ppm after 3 months and 49-62ppm after 6 months. 4. In chemical soy sauce, the iron content was 159 ppm after hydrolysis of wheat gluten with hydrochloric acid, and 184 ppm after neutralization. 5. Higher iron contents were detected both in fermented and chemical soy sauce when the concentration of total nitrogen increased, but the levels were higher in chemical soy sauce than in fermented one at the same concentration of total nitrogen. 6. In the case of fermented soy sauce, the iron content in the filtrate was decreased by press-filtration, but no significant change was found between before and after heat-sterilization. 7. Iron contents in commercial soy sauce were varied with the producers, however, the average value was 62.7 ppm as calculated as 1.0 percent of total nitrogen. And the average level of iron in home-made soy sauce produced by conventional method was 37.68 ppm.

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.494-494
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• 2003

• 한국생물공학회:학술대회논문집
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• 2003.04a
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• pp.498-498
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• 2003