• Journal of Biosystems Engineering
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• 제40권3호
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• pp.261-270
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• 2015

Purpose: Cold storage is the most popular method used to preserve highly perishable foods such as beef and fish. However, at refrigeration temperatures, the shelf life of these foods is limited, and spoilage leads to massive food waste. Moreover, freezing significantly affects the food's properties. Ice crystallization and growth during freezing can cause irreversible textural damage to foods through volumetric expansion, moisture migration induced by osmotic pressure gradients, and concentration of solutes,which can lead to protein denaturation. Methods: Although freezing can preserve perishable foods for months, these disruptive changes decrease the consumer's perception of the food's quality. Therefore, the development and testing of new and improved cold storage technologies is a worthwhile pursuit. Results: The process of maintaining a food product in an unfrozen state below its equilibrium freezing temperature is known as supercooling. As supercooling has been shown to offer a considerable improvement over refrigeration for extending a perishable product's shelf life, implementation of supercooling in households and commercial refrigeration units would help diminish food waste. Conclusions: A commercially viable supercooling unit for all perishable food items is currently being developed and fabricated. Buildup of this technology will provide a meaningful improvement in the cold storage of perishable foods, and will have a significant impact on the refrigeration market as a whole.

• 한국추진공학회지
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• 제23권1호
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• pp.9-14
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• 2019

고체 추진기관의 HTPB 추진제는 저장소에서 저장소 환경에 따라 물리적, 화학적 노화가 진행된다. 추진기관 수명은 HTPB 추진제의 노화도에 의해 결정되며, 생산 초기에 점탄성 특성 및 노화 시험을 통해 예측된다. 본 논문에서는 생산 초기 물성 및 가속노화 시험을 통해 획득한 노화 물성과 장기 저장되어 자연 노화된 물성을 비교 분석하였다. 획득된 초기 및 노화물성 결과를 적용하여 중공형 그레인의 온도 하중에 의한 변형율을 분석하였다.

• 유통과학연구
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.107-116
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• 2013

Purpose - Eggs are nutritionally complete and one of the most popular natural foods. Moreover, the poultry industry is one of the important food industries. However, early industrialization of the poultry industry on its own did not lead to further development compared to other livestock industries. In this study, we investigate what factors influence consumers' behavior and how consumers' understanding of retail business affects their propensity to consume. This study is different from other studies as it analyzes how the brand names of manufacturers and distribution companies affect the purchasing characteristics or actual purchase behavior of consumers in order to suggest how these manufacturers and distribution companies can increase their competitiveness. Research design, data, methodology - This study conducted a survey of 250 randomly selected egg purchasers in discount stores from January to April 2013. Consumers' purchase tendencies were calculated through frequency analysis. This result was then utilized using cluster analysis to draw a conclusion about which purchase tendency influenced consumers buying three different brands of eggs or whether this tendency really affected consumers. As a result, the outcomes of Hypotheses 2 and 3 were not clear so we drew a conclusion with our analysis of Hypothesis 1. Results - While the outcomes of Hypotheses 2 and 3 did not clearly indicate whether purchasing tendencies affected consumers when buying eggs, our analysis of Hypothesis 1 indicated that consumers were affected by the quality of the eggs rather than exterior factors such as the brand name. Thus, we concluded that it is important to promote the excellence of the quality of the eggs. Usually firms buy eggs from farms and repackage them in order to sell them. In this sense, if consumers were aware of this egg production process, and eggs were fairly distributed to retailers, large retail PB businesses would also be able to enhance their competitiveness. Conclusions - The brand, packaging, retail outlet, and other external features influenced the purchase of eggs to a certain degree, while shelf life, grade of the eggs, cleanliness, and other intrinsic characteristics had more influence. In particular, shelf life was the most important factor influencing purchase. Consumers were influenced not only by intrinsic characteristics of the eggs but also by large-scale producers' brands. Consumers relied upon the brand despite reduced competition because they found it difficult to identify shelf life and/or cleanliness. Small businesses and/or large-scale retailers can remain competitive by maintaining the freshness and cleanliness of the eggs. Further studies need to investigate areas in which consumers' cognition of the product is poor and/or the purchase inclination with regard to less developed industries such as eggs. In this study, the greatest problem was that consumers did not consume in accordance with the current situation as consumers have preferred fresh and clean eggs for a long time compared to purchase decisions based on external brands and/or packaging.

• 한국수산과학회지
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• 제15권1호
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• pp.83-93
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• 1982

In this work, lipid oxidation and the kinetics of the oxidation reaction in fried file-fish meat were investigated when sun-dried file-fish was stored under the conditions of various water activities and temperature, 35, 45, 55 and $35/55^{\circ}C$. The storage stability and the development of browning by oxidative rancidity were also discussed. Monolayer coverage value of water content in dried file-fish was $8.03\%$ at $0.21\;a_w$Lipid oxidation at $35^{\circ}C$ was developed with increasing water activity but at $45^{\circ}C$and $55^{\circ}C$ it was rapidly progressed without clear differences between water activities except $0.44\;a_w$. The rate of reaction was more sensitive to storage temperature than to water activity. Browning in methanol-chloroform fraction was developed linearly by the progress of lipid oxidation which suggested that lipid oxidation was greatly influential to the development of browning in dried fish meat. In kinetical analysis the oxidation followed a zero order reaction mechanism as a function of carbonyl value. The activation energies obtained from the Arrhenius plot ranged 9.0 to 10.8 Kcal/mol and $Q_10$ values, 1.6-1.7. Shelf-lives at the storage of 35,45 and $55^{\circ}C$ ranged 58 days to 8 days. And in the fluctuating temperature storage at $35/55^{\circ}C$, shelf-lives were 17, 16, 15 and 13 days at 0.44, 0.52, 0.65 and $0.75\;a_w$, respectively. The shelf-lives for assessed from the accelerated shelf-life test were 125, 123, 120 and 106 days at 0.44, 0.52, 0.65 and $0.75\;a_w$, respectively, in the case of storage at $25^{\circ}C$.

• 한국잠사곤충학회지
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• 제52권1호
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• pp.73-78
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• 2014

본 연구에서는 갈색거저리 유충의 식품등록 후 산업화에 대비하여 대량생산 시설에 적용 가능한 동결건조 갈색거저리 유충곤충의 제조공정을 확립하였다. 갈색거저리 유충을 1 ~ 2일간 절식시킨 후 식용을 목적으로 하므로 위생적인 측면을 고려하여 분변제거 및 세척한 후 고온 고압 살균법으로 살균하였다. 살균시 용기 내에 부직포($48cm{\times}55cm$)를 깔고 갈색거저리 투입량은 1 kg(3 cm)이하로 하는 것이 세균 및 진균의 제거에 효율적임을 확인하였다. 또한 생산효율을 증가시키기 위하여 다단식 살균기를 사용하여 각 단 사이의 공간을 10 cm 이상 확보하여 $115^{\circ}C$, $1kgf/cm^2$에서 10분간 고온 고압 살균한 경우 미생물이 검출되지 않음을 확인하였다. 살균한 갈색거저리 유충 동결건조를 위해 동결은 $-35^{\circ}C$ 이하에서 용기[$W(63cm){\times}L(57cm){\times}H(3cm)$]별 4 kg씩(두께 1.5 cm 이하) 투입하여 실시하고, 건조는 $-15^{\circ}C$ 이하, 0.5 torr 이하에서 최소 30시간 이상 건조하는 것이 효율적인 것으로 판단하였다. 동결건조 갈색거저리 유충의 자가규격으로 수분 5% 이하, 산가 3 mg/g 이하, 과산화물가 30 meq/g 이하, 조단백 45% 이상, 조지방 25% 이상, 올레산 11 ~ 16%를 허용범위로 설정하였다. 마지막으로 이화학적 특성, 관능적 특성, 미생물학적 지표 조사를 통한 유통기한 설정 결과 PET 재질 용기로 포장될 경우 동결건조 갈색거저리 유충의 최종 유통기한은 제조일로부터 12개월로 결정하였다. 따라서 본 연구를 통해 확립된 대량생산 시설에 적용 가능한 동결건조 갈색거저리 유충의 제조공정을 통해 식품등록 후 산업화시 보다 위생적이며 균일한 제품 제조가 가능할 것이고, 자가규격 및 유통기한은 제품 관리에 응용되어 보다 안전성 및 안정성 확보가 가능할 것이라고 사료된다.

• 한국환경농학회지
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• 제37권3호
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• pp.221-228
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• 2018

BACKGROUND: Spoilage fungi can reduce the shelf life of fresh fruits and cause economic losses by lowering quality. Especially, mulberry fruits have high sensitivity to fungal attack due to their high water content (> 70%) and soft texture. In addition, the surface of these fruits is prone to damage during harvesting and postharvest handling. However, any study on postharvest spoilage fungi in mulberry fruit has not been reported in Korea. This study aimed to examine the spoilage fungi occurring in mulberry fruits during storage after harvest. METHODS AND RESULTS: In this study, we isolated postharvest spoilage fungi from mulberry fruits stored in refrigerator (fresh fruits) and deep-freezer (frozen fruits) and identified them. In the phylogenetic analysis based on comparisons of the ITS rDNA sequences, the 18 spoilage fungi isolated from mulberry fruits and the 25 reference sequences were largely divided into seven groups that were subsequently verified by high bootstrap analysis of 73 to 100. Alternaria spp. including A. alternate and A. tenuissima, were the most frequently isolated fungi among the spoilage isolates: its occurrence was the highest among the 18 isolates (38.9%). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study will be helpful for increasing the shelf life of mulberry fruits through the application of appropriate control measures against infection by spoilage fungi during storage.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제29권5호
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• pp.573-578
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• 2009

This study examined the effect of gamma irradiation on shelf-life extension and sensory characteristics of dak-galbi. Commercial dak-galbi sauce was gamma-irradiated at 0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, and 30 kGy. The dak-galbi sauce (200 g) was then added to diced chicken (800 g) for cooking, and the cooked dak-galbi samples in vacuum bags were stored at $35^{\circ}C$ for 5 d. Dak-galbi samples were analyzed on d 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 for microbial analysis (plate count agar), thiobarbituric acid (TBARS) and volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) measurements, and on d 0 for sensory evaluation. On d 0, total bacterial populations were below detection limit after dak-galbi marinated with the gamma-irradiated (${\geq}15\;kGy$) sauces were cooked, and the samples marinated with higher dose irradiated dak-galbi sauce had lower (p<0.05) bacterial populations during storage. TBARS values of the dak-galbi samples marinated with non-irradiated sauce were not different ($p{\geq}0.05$) with those marinated with irradiated sauces on d 0, and the TBARS values increased (p<0.05) during storage at $35^{\circ}C$, regardless of irradiation dose. In the VBN analysis, there was no difference ($p{\geq}0.05$) in VBN values among irradiation doses on d 0, but VBN values decreased (p<0.05) as irradiation dose increased during storage. Moreover, there were no significant differences ($p{\geq}0.05$) in sensory characteristics among irradiation doses. These results indicate that use of gamma irradiation on dak-galbi sauce may be useful in shelf-life extension without compromising the sensory characteristics of dak-galbi.

• 한국식품위생안전성학회지
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• 제12권1호
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• pp.26-38
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• 1997

The quality changes of hams and sausages in refrigerated storage were investigated. Seven types of hams and six types of sausages produced in Korea were collected from markets and stored at 1$0^{\circ}C$ according to the Food Code of Korea, and then chemical, microbiological, textural and sensory characteristics were evaluated at 30, 40 and 50 days. The proximal analysis showed considerable variation in fat with less variation in moisture and protein. The pH values of hams and sausages slightly changed with no consistent difference. Water activity values of all samples except one type of sausage were consistent over time in refrigerated storage. No purge losses of hams were observed except two types of samples in the intial stage. Several types of sausages showed purge losses with no consistency and one type of sausage showed consistent purge losses (0.44~11.29%) during the storage. The volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) content of hams and sausages was still within 20 mg% (Standard and Specification of Korea) on the 50th day, although the VBN of all samples significantly increased over time (p<0.05). The thiobarbituric acid (TBA) values of hams and sausages were well below 1.0 during the storage, although the TBA values of all samples significantly increased (p<0.05). However it was noticed that one type of ham and two types of sausages showed TBA values of 0.945, 0.928 and 0.978, respectively. All the standard plate counts (SPCs) of hams during the storage period showed a level below 30 CFU/g except one type of sample with 103 CFU/g at 50 days. All the SPCs of sausages showed a level below 50 CFU/g except one type of sample with 102 CFU/g and two types of samples with 104 CFU/g on the 50th day. Coliform groups were not counted in all samples during the storage. Instrumental texture analysis showed that springiness, cohesiveness, chewiness, gumminess and adhesiveness slightly changed with no consistent difference. The hardness of the hams showed a decreasing tendency, and the hardness of the sausages an increasing tendency with no significant difference. Sensory evaluation for color, flavor, taste, texture and overall acceptability showed decreasing tendencies over time (p<0.05). The scores of the five sensory characteristics maintained the medium level of quality at the termination of the experiment. Although the results indicated that the ham and sausage samples were acceptable after the 50 days' storage at 1$0^{\circ}C$, the shelf-life of the samples should be determined considering the rapid growth of bacteria and the high TBA values at 50 days.

• Journal of Dairy Science and Biotechnology
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• 제21권2호
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• pp.81-87
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• 2003

우유의 여러 가지 품질 평가방법 중에서 소비자의 입장에서 중요한 기준이 되는 관능검사를 통해서 ESL우유와 non-ESL우유의 품질을 비교하여 그 차이점을 확인하였다. ESL우유의 1개사 제품과 non0ESL우유 4개사 제품을 $5^{\circ}C$ 와 $10^{\circ}C$에서 시료의 pH 및 적정산도는 그 변화가 크지 않았으며, 유성분인 fat, protein, lactose의 변화 역시 크지 않았다. 반면에 관능적으로 평가된 신섬함은 보존 5일차에 가장 신선하게 나타났다. ESL우유와 non-ESL우유의 QDA(quantitative descriptive analysis) diagram에 따르면, 동일한 조건상에서 저장지간 중 non-ESL우유의 관능적 품질 저하가 ESL우유보다 컸으며, 그 정도는 $10^{\circ}C$에서 두드러졌다. 우유의 신선도 평가 기준인 FFA(free fatty acid)와 관능적으로 느끼는 신선도 상의 상관분석을 통해서, 우유의 신선도는 FFA보다 우유의 풍미 및 미생물적 부패와 상관관계가 크다는 것으로 확인되었다. 결론적으로 우유의 신선도 결정에는 관능적 풍미가 가장 중요한 기준이 되며, non-ESL우유보다 ESL우유가 보존기간 중 신선함이 오래 지속되는 것으로 확인되었다.

• 한국가금학회지
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• 제42권4호
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• pp.275-283
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• 2015

닭고기 구매 의사결정력이 높은 503명의 일반 주부를 대상으로 토종닭의 생산에서 소비까지 관련된 품질 속성들을 선발하여 중요도-만족도 분석을 실시하였다. 중요도와 만족도 모두 높은 유지강화 대상으로는 원산지(origin), 유통기한(shelf life), 신선도(freshness), 위생/안전성(hygiene/safety) 등이 해당되었으며, 높은 중요도를 지님에도 만족도가 낮아 중점개선 대상으로는 토종닭 인증(certification), 냉동 여부(freeze or not) 등이 해당되었다. 건강에 대한 관심도 증가에 따라 정육량(lean meat) 또는 단백질(protein) 함량에 관심을 보였고, 관능적 특성으로 토종닭 특유의 쫄깃한 식감에 대한 중요도와 만족도가 높았다. 향후 새롭게 개발될 토종닭 품종에 대해서는 현재보다는 더 연하면서도 풍미가 강하고 쫄깃한 식감이 강한 것을 선호하였다. 이 결과를 통해 토종닭 구입 시 주요 속성과 앞으로 개선해야 할 품질적 특성 방향을 제시함으로써 신품종 토종닭의 육종 방향을 제시하고 있다.