• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.25 no.3
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• pp.251-261
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• 2010

This paper examines the dining tendencies of Koreans toward meat dishes and their related factors, with 301 people residing in Korea as subjects. We questioned this population on their restaurant choices, eating habits, preferences and a dislike with respect to method of cooking. All age groups, with the exception of 50~60 year-olds, were found to consume meat dishes in specialized restaurants. The selection factor for restaurants varied, depending on the age group: affordable cost was the most important factor for whom under 20 year-old. Whereas 20-40 year-old people considered taste and ambience the most for choosing restaurant. The 50-60 year-old people found to seek for convenient restaurant. In terms of the most preferred parts of beef, 20-30 year-old people preferred tenderloin (42.3%) while 40-60 year-old people preferred sirloin (45.6% and 41.2% each). All the other age groups preferred ribs the most (It was also found that) men preferred the rib parts and women preferred tenderloin. With respect to pork, all age groups preferred pork belly, with the highest response rate in the under 20 age group. When consuming meat dishes, 91.0% of respondents pointed to roasting as the most frequent preparation method, the reason being good taste was deemed the highest number of responses. In a survey on preference for stewed meats, 74.8% of the sample pool was found to prefer stew dishes but 24.9% of respondents provided negative answers, the reason for dislike was found to be poor taste for women, and both a long preparation time and poor taste for men. In fact, regardless of marital status, a high number of responses were given for poor taste as the reason for disliking stew dishes. Based on the examined factors for inconveniences in preparing meat dishes, the most common inconvenience factor was the odor of meat left on clothes after the dining experience, followed by the smoke generated in roasting meat, and the safety risk involved with changing the grill. In terms of stir fry preparation, the negative thoughts were due to the splashing of food and spices while cooking, followed by the meat odor left on clothes after dining experience, and the sanitation level of the cooking containers. For deep frying the sanitation level of cooking containers was the biggest reason for dislike, followed by splashing of food when preparing. Lastly, it was indicated that the problem of steaming method was a difficulty of judging the portion, on the top of this, people found that the sanitation level of cooking container and a long preparation time were also the problem of this cooking method.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.44 no.1
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• pp.74-83
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• 2016

In order to improve the sour taste and foul odor of fermented soymilk, bacteria were isolated from kimchi and identified. Of the 89 bacterial strains isolated from kimchi, 3 isolates produced fermented soymilk with a sour taste and foul odor. The selected bacterial strains R53, R83, and R84 were identified by morphological, biochemical, and 16S rRNA analyses as Weissella koreensis. The strain R83, which produced fermented soymilk having the mildest sour taste and foul odor, was selected for further investigation and named W. koreensis KO3. The optimum culture condition for the fermentation of soymilk by W. koreensis KO3 was at $30^{\circ}C$ for 12 h. When soymilk was fermented under the optimum culture conditions, the viable cell count reached up to $8.71{\times}10^8CFU/ml$ and pH and acidity reached as low as 6.02 and as high as 0.33%, respectively. Twenty-seven amino acids and their derivatives were detected in fermented soymilk. The amounts of serine, glycine, threonine, alanine, and aspartic acid, which contribute to a sweeter taste, increased during fermentation. Orinithine, which was not detected before fermentation, increased during fermentation. Sensory evaluation showed that W. koreensis KO3-fermented soymilk has improved bean, roasted nut, and sour flavors as well as an enhanced mouthfeel, appearance, preferability, and overall acceptability compared with those of standard fermented soymilk. With further study and development, soymilk fermented by W. koreensis KO3 could serve as a health-promoting food with favorable sensory qualities.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.845-849
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• 1999

We can make Samul Chol Pyon to add four powdered Korean medicines to Chol Pyon. The purpose of this study is to present the standard recipe of Samul Chol-Pyon for the taste of the moderns, taking the tests of physical charcateristics, sensory qualities. The white Chol Pyon and the group of 5% raw materials for Samul tang are comparatively good for color, odor, taste, softness, chewiness and overall quallity with other group of raw materials. To add Korean medicine browns the Samul Chol Pyon much deeper. The changes in textural properties of Chol pyon during storage at 20$\pm$5oC were measured using a rheometer for hardness, fractureability, adhesiveness, resilience, and cohesiveness. The hardness, fractureability and adhesiveness were increased with the additon of in Samul tang raw material powder. The cohesiveness and chewiness were increased by adding Samul tang powder in the course of time. The Chol Pyon prepared with 5% of Samul tang powder showed the superior sensory qualities as Samul Chol Pyon.

• Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.14 no.3
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• pp.170-173
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• 2009

This study examined the special technique of photocatalytic degradation (RPODisk) for removal of taste and odor causing materials, algae, and algal toxin. The RPODisk was effective for removal of these troublesome contaminants. It outperformed the fixed media and the UV irradiation for geosmin removal. The RPODisk performance was comparable to the combination of the UV irradiation with TiO2. The RPODisk performance was affected by the rotating speed. The faster the speed was, the better the performance. The RPODisk was also effective for removal of algae and algal toxin. The algal activity reduced by 80% after 30 mins of the treatment. More toxic microcystin (MC)-LR was more difficult to remove than MC-RR. The times for 50% removal were 23.7 mins for MC-LR and 14.1 mins for MC-RR. Almost 100 mins of the contact time was required to completely remove MC-LR at the rotating speed of 260 rpm.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.193-200
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• 1993

This study was conducted to examine the effects of the level of salted shrimp on the characteristics of kimchi fermented at 2$0^{\circ}C$ for one day and then stored at 4$^{\circ}C$ for 3 or 6 days. The sensory characteristics, pH, total acidity and salt content of kimchi, prepared to have an equal intensity of salty taste, with three levels of salted shrimp and NaCl, were measured. Instron universal testing machine also was used to examine the firmness of kimchi. As the level of salted shrimp and storage periods increased, intensity of translucency, sour odor, carbonic mouthfeel, toughness and sour taste of kimchi increased while firmness and crispness decreased. There was no significant difference in pH among the kimchies. However, total acidity of kimchi increased as the level of salted shrimp increased and the storage period was extended.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.6
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• pp.1123-1126
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• 2002

Kimchi was ripened at $25^{\circ}C$ for 4 days and heated at $100^{\circ}C$ for 10 or 40 min. pH of the ripened kimchi was not changed by heating, whereas sensory properties of kimchi, including overall acceptability, acidity, taste, odor, and texture, were improved, particularly by $100^{\circ}C/40$ min-heating. Allyl mercaptan, methyl allyl sulfide, dimethyl disulfide, diallyl sulfide, diallyl disulfide, and ethanol were detected in the ripened kimchi. Volatile odor components except ethanol and methyl allyl sulfide were removed by heating at $100^{\circ}C/10$ min, and the ethanol content was further reduced by heating at $100^{\circ}C/40$ min.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.484-489
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• 1999

Rosting conditions for improvement of viscosity and sensory properties of sea tangle extracts were investigated. The supernatant % solid yield and crude protein yield were increased by increasing of roasting temperature and times. The highest contents of algin was obtained in roasting temperature of 175$^{\circ}C$ ash contents were increased by roasting temperature increasing. Viscosities of sea tangle extract were significantly decreased by increasing of roasting temperature and time upto 175$^{\circ}C$ and 10 mins more than further roasting conditions. The pH of sea tangle extracts slightly decreased from 5.94 to 5.83 in the roasting of 15$0^{\circ}C$ however at temperature more than 175$^{\circ}C$ its pH was increased by increasing of temperature and time. According to increase of roasting temperature and time Lightness (L value) were significantly decreased and redness (a value) and yellowness (b value) reached the highest value in the roasting of 20$0^{\circ}C$ 15 min. or 175$^{\circ}C$ 30 min and after that its value were decreased. The odor characteristics showed that sea tangle extract prepared by roasting of 175$^{\circ}C$ 10mins was slightly reduced in intensity of savory and seaweed taste but significantly low in intensity of nauseous taste and high in intensity of roasted taste and accetability. Overall data suggested 175$^{\circ}C$ 10min was the most effective roasting conditions for improvement of viscosity and sensory properties of sea tangle extract.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.28 no.2
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• pp.319-325
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• 1999

Volatile flavor compounds in Korean salt fermented shrimp on the market were analyzed by vacuum simultaneous distillation solvent extraction/gas chromatography/mass spectrometry/olfac tometry(V SDE/GC/MS/O) and aroma extract dilution anlaysis(AEDA). A total of 32 volatile com pounds were detected by GC/O analysis. Of these, 18 were positively identified, and composed of S containing compounds(5), aldehydes(4), ketones(3), N containing compounds(3), ester(1), alcohol(1) and aromatic hydrocarbon(1). Predominant odorants(Log3FD$\geq$4) in salt fermented shrimp were 2,3 butanedione(sour/buttery), 1 octen 3 one(earthy/mushroom like), dimethyl trisulfide(cooked cabbage /soy sauce like) and 2 acetylthiazole(grainy/nutty). Predominant free amino acids were aspartic acid, glutamic acid(sour and umami taste), arginine, methionine(bitter) and lysine(sweet and bitter) in evaluation of taste value.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.4 no.4
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• pp.236-240
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• 1999

The characteristics of natural lactic acid fermentation of radish juice were investigated at different salt concentrations (0~2%) and temperatures (10~3$0^{\circ}C$). Major lactic acid bacteria isolated from the radish juice fermented at 2% slat concentration were Leuconostoc mesenteroides, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Lactobacillus brevis. The percentage of lactic acid bacteria against total microbe in the fermented radish juice was over 80% at 0~1% salt concentrations, suggesting the possibility of fermentation even at low salt concentration, but was still active even at 1$0^{\circ}C$. The time to reach pH 4.0 during fermentation of juice of 1% salt concentration was 281~301 hrs at 1$0^{\circ}C$ and 50-73 hrs at 3$0^{\circ}C$. The concentrations of sucrose and glucose in the fermented juice were low at high temperatures and were the lowest at a 1.0% salt concentration. However, the content of mannitol showed the opposite trend. Although sour taste, ripened taste, and acidic odor of the fermented juice showed no significant differences among various temperatures and salt concentrations, sensory values of ripened taste and sour acidic were high at high temperatures. The overall quality was the best at 1.0% salt concentration, irrespective of the temperature.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.322-328
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• 2010

This study was conducted to examine the sensory attributes, gingerol content and volatile components of ginger paste resulting from microbial fermentation. In the ginger samples, a total of eighteen attributes were determined to characterize the sensory attributes from descriptive analysis. These eighteen attributes consisted of the following: one appearance, eight odor/aroma, eight taste, and one aftertaste attribute. The ginger fermented using Lactobacillus plantarum produced a ginger aroma and putrid taste, whereas the sample fermented with Lactobacillus brevis showed a decreased ginger aroma and taste, and generated a lemon flavor. A total gingerol content of fresh and fermented ginger was 100.19 mg% and 89.55 mg%, respectively. Sixty-one volatile components in the fresh and fermented ginger were identified, and constituted eight kinds of monoterpenes, twenty-one kinds of sesquiterpenes, eight kinds of oxygenated monoterpenes and nine kinds of oxygenated sesquiterpenes. The most abundant volatile component identified in the fresh ginger was $\alpha$-gingerberine (26.52%), whereas fermented ginger was increased in its alcohol components.