• The Korean Journal of Food & Health Convergence
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• v.8 no.5
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• pp.1-9
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• 2022

The health of modern people is threatened by bad eating habits. In order to provide healthy desserts to people, we conducted a study on adding plum concentrate, which is effective for fatigue recovery, insomnia, and prevention of constipation, to scones. In order to examine the utility of scones made by adding plum concentrate, the following experiment was conducted. It was prepared by adding 0g, 3g, 5g, and 7g of plum concentrate to the scone dough, respectively. As a result of the test, the sensory characteristic value was the highest in the experimental group to which 5 g of plum concentrate was added (4.77). There was a significant difference in that the average value tended to increase as the concentration of the plum concentrate increased. As for fragrance, the experimental group with the addition of 5 g of plum concentrate showed the highest sensory characteristic value of 3.62, but there was no significant difference. The experimental group to which 3 g of plum concentrate was added showed higher preference than the control group in most items such as color, flavor, sweetness, and overall preference. This study suggests that the production of scones with plum concentrate has a high potential for commercial use.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.36 no.1
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• pp.84-91
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• 2021

The oriental plum (Prunus salicina) is one of the most popular fruits in Korea due to its sweet taste and pleasant aroma. The objective of this study was to analyze the quality characteristics and antioxidant activities of a puree made using plums stored at low-temperatures. The quality characteristics were determined by estimating total soluble solids (TSS, °Brix), titratable acidity (TA, % citric acid), TSS/TA ratio, pH, colors, sugar content, and sensory profiles. The antioxidant effects were estimated by total polyphenol and flavonoid content and radical scavenging activity. The results showed that the plum puree containing both the flesh and the peel had markedly higher red coloration (a⁎ value) than the puree without the peel, while yellow coloration (b⁎ value) and lightness (L⁎ value) were lower in the puree without the peel than with the peel. The sensory qualities including the plum taste and flavor, texture as well as overall acceptance showed no significant variation between the samples. Meanwhile, the total polyphenol/flavonoid content and radical scavenging activities were significantly improved by the presence of fruit peel and by frozen storage. These findings suggest that frozen plums could be a suitable ingredient for making a puree and concentrate for the food manufacturing industry.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.2
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• pp.238-243
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• 2002

The effects of concentration and temperature on degradation of anthocyanins of purple-fleshed sweet potato pigment concentrate and a Japanese plum juice were determined over temperature ranges of 60 to $90^{\circ}C$ and 5 to $60^{\circ}C$, respectively. Degradation of anthocyanins in pigment concentrates followed the first-order reaction rate. Activation energies of the pigment solutions ranged 51.29-73.02 kJ/mol, linearly decreasing as concentration increased except the pigment solution of $8.4^{\circ}Brix$ which was not concentrated after extraction. Anthocynins in Japanese plum juice was also degraded by the first-order reaction kinetics with activation energy of 75.80 kJ/mol. Storage life of the beverage was extended with decreasing storage temperature. Pigment was ratained more than 80% until 8 months storage at $5^{\circ}C$.