• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.220-226
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• 2014

In the present report, the effects of blanching, steaming, and high temperature/high pressure processing (HTHP) on the amino acid contents of commonly consumed Korean root vegetables, leaf vegetables, and pulses were evaluated using an Automatic Amino Acid Analyzer. The total amino acid content of the samples tested was between 3.38 g/100 g dry weight (DW) and 21.32 g/100 g DW in raw vegetables and between 29.36 g/100 g DW and 30.55 g/100 g DW in raw pulses. With HTHP, we observed significant decreases in the lysine and arginine contents of vegetables and the lysine, arginine, and cysteine contents of pulses. Moreover, the amino acid contents of blanched vegetables and steamed pulses were more similar than the amino acid contents of the HTHP vegetables and HTHP pulses. Interestingly, lysine, arginine, and cysteine were more sensitive to HTHP than the other amino acids. Partial Least Squares-Discriminate Analyses were also performed to discriminate the clusters and patterns of amino acids.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.201-208
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• 1993

The ascorbic acid contents of 101 food items were analyzed by HPLC to provide database to estimate dietary intakes of ascorbic acid of Korean. Foods with high contents of ascorbic acid were green vegetables, citrus fruits, strawberry, kiwi, and fruit juices. This analysis data of ascorbic acid contents in some food items showed significant deviations compared with other Food Composition Table. Ascorbic acid content in soups were lower than those of raw foods by about 57%. The ascorbic acid contents in blanched or seasoned after blanching vegetables and boiled or steamed meals turned out to be decreased by about 52.3% and 47.5%, respectively, but the degrees were varied with the kind of foods as well as cooking methods. The ascorbic acid intakes from 18 most frequently consumed meals in Korea were determined to be about 1/2 of Food Composition Table according to this analysis data. The results showed the importance of accurate food database in assessing nutrient intake levels of population.

• The Korean Journal of Community Living Science
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• v.25 no.1
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• pp.5-18
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• 2014

This study examines the changes in the physicochemical property and antioxidant activity of six types of vegetables (carrots, crown daisy, mugwort, cabbages, onions, and garlic) based on heat-treated cooking. According to the results, proximate contents (crude protein, fat, and ash) were lower in blanched samples than in untreated samples. Untreated cabbages showed the highest level of total dietary fiber content, which decreased by blanching and increased by high-temperature/high-pressure (HTHP) treatment. Noteworthy is that, in the case of soluble dietary fiber, blanched crown daisy and mugwort showed significantly high levels of 12.0 g and 7.3 g per 100 g(dry basis). There was no significant change in tocopherol content in heat-treated samples. The highest levels of total polyphenol and flavonoid content were 6.73 g and 5.51 g per 100 g, respectively, in the mugwort sample with HTHP treatment at $130^{\circ}C$ for 2 h. The water extract of mugwort with HTHP treatment had the strongest antioxidant effect based on three bioassays (SOD, DPPH, and ABTS). These results indicate the relative correlation between the level of physiologically active content and antioxidant activity and suggest new insights into ingredients for developing functional foods.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.33 no.5
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• pp.911-916
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• 2004

Widely used vegetables such as onion, soybean sprout, and carrot in Korean dishes were studied to reduce losses in firmness during cook/chill storage for food service system. Blanching at 7$0^{\circ}C$ affect positively on textural properties of the three vegetables while reheating at the food service practice. Firmness of the vegetables was improved and stabilized with addition of calcium ion in blanching solution during storage at refrigeration temperature. Calcium was effective to improve or sustain firmness during blanching. The effect of calcium on firmness of blanched and cooked soybean sprout was less significant than that of carrot and onion, especially at short period of storage under refrigerated condition. In conclusion, low temperature blanching with calcium ion was effective to maintain firmness of the three vegetables before cooking while refrigerated storage of the cooked vegetables and subsequent reheating for food service system.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.337-341
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• 1995

The effect of time and amount of water by conventional blanching method on the retention minerals in spinach and broccoli was investigated. The vegetables were blanched for 1, 2, 3 and 4 minutes, with 150 $m\ell$, 300 $m\ell$, 450 $m\ell$ of water for every 100 g of raw material. Blanching of spinach showed that Na was reduced remarkably after 2 minute of blanching, the others (K, Fe, Ca, Mg, P, Cu) were gradually decreased as the blanching time increased. Blanching of broccoli showed that the content of minerals were reduced remarkably after 1 minute of blanching. The longer blanching time further reduced the content of minerals. The retention of minerals (Na, K, Fe, Ca, Mg, P, Cu) in spinach and broccoli was reduced gradually as the blanching water increased. The retention rate of minerals were 12.7％ of Na, 37.4％ of K, 37.1％ of Fe, 43.9％ of Ca, 39.0％ of Mg, 53.5％ of P, 56.2％ of Cu in spinach and 21.0％ of Na, 41.3％ of K, 57.8％ of Fe, 38.8％ of Ca, 51.5％ of Mg, 57.7％ of P, 44.4％ of Cu in broccoli for 4 min, with water 450$m\ell$ every 100g of raw material.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.28 no.5
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• pp.549-557
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• 2012

In this study, the FFQ-50 questionnaire which composed of 50 food items frequently eaten as sources of dietary fiber, was developed and used to estimate the dietary fiber intake of middle school students in the Chungbuk province. According to the survey, the average daily intakes of dietary fiber for the boys and girls were $23.3{\pm}12.3$ g (93.2%) and $20.8{\pm}11.5$ g (104.0%), respectively, showing a significant difference between the gender. The proportions of boys and girls who did not reach to the sufficient dietary fiber intake were 66.2% and 53.9% respectively. The major sources of dietary fiber were grain foods and vegetables, which measured at 77.24%, followed by fruits, seaweeds, tofu and tofu products, potato and starch, and mushrooms. The cooked white rice contributed the highest (17.81%), followed by baechu-kimchi, cooked brown rice, ramyeon (instant noodle), tangerine, sesame leaf jangajji (pickled sesame leaf), topokki (spicy rice cake stir-fry), blanched and seasoned bean sprouts, bread, and radish kimchi. The study showed that the cooked white rice was the major source of dietary fiber in the boys' diet followed by baechu-kimchi, ramyeon, cooked brown rice, tangerine, bread, strawberry, blanched and seasoned bean sprouts, sesame leaf jangajji, radish kimchi. Girls were taking in dietary fiber mostly from boiled white rice followed by baechu-kimchi, boiled brown rice, tangerine, ramyeon, sesame leaf jangajji, topokki, blanched and seasoned bean sprouts, radish kimchi, and boiled barley.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.41 no.2
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• pp.246-253
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• 2012

In this study, we determined the optimum blanching conditions for pretreatment of Aster scaber prior to freezing to ensure its long, safe preservation as a fine cooking ingredient. Frozen-thawed A. scaber did not significantly differ between blanching groups, but the blanched group showed significantly higher Hunter L, a, and b values than the un-blanched group (p<0.05). Higher temperatures and longer treatment times increased softness; hardness did not significantly differ between the blanched and un-blanched groups of frozen-thawed A. scaber (p<0.05). Total bacterial counts and the presence of coliforms seemed to decline with blanching treatments, but treatment temperature and time did not influence this reduction. Over 95% of peroxidase activity was inactivated by blanching treatment but increased slightly after thawing. The sensory evaluation of the frozen-thawed A. scaber by test group showed the A. scaber blanched at $90^{\circ}C$ for 3 min to be the most highly preferred (p<0.05).

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.20 no.6
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• pp.136-146
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• 2014

This study aimed to determine the physiochemical changes during maturation to examine the preparation of watery Kimchi with wild vegetables from Gangwon Province, and its use. The wild vegetables in this study included Ligularia fischeri, Aster scaber Thunb, and Cirsium setidens; a comparison was made between preservation in a saline solution and pre-treatment with blanching. As for treatment before preparation of watery Kimchi, the water content was the lowest at 81.45% for Aster scaber Thunb preserved in a saline solution and was found to be 87.39% for blanched Cirsium setidens. Blanching resulted in higher L, b, and a values for color value than treatment with a saline solution and Ligularia fischeri got the highest hardness, followed by Aster scaber Thunb and Cirsium setidens, from both types of treatment. As for the physiochemical properties during maturation, the total soluble solid content and salinity were kept higher by treatment with a saline solution than by blanching, whereas pH tended to get lower in both types of treatment. Turbidity became higher one week after treatment with a saline solution, but varied insignificantly afterward by any type of treatment. As for free sugar, both types of treatment increased the content of glucose and fructose and kept that of sucrose and maltose constant during maturation. As for overall acceptability, blanched watery Kimchi made of Cirsium setidens got the highest preference.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.38 no.3
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• pp.164-169
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• 2023

Vegetables are rich sources of dietary fiber, which exhibit various health benefits. In the Republic of Korea, vegetables are consumed after cooking using different methods. However, they are most commonly eaten raw or blanched. In this study, chamnamul, sesame leaf, Fischer's ragwort, burdock root, and garlic stem from Korea were analyzed according to the Korean Food Code, and changes in dietary fiber content after blanching were compared. Blanching reduced the total dietary fiber (TDF) content in chamnamul (from 3.67±0.03 to 2.61±0.14 g/100 g), burdock root (from 4.95±0.40 to 3.89±0.10 g/100 g), and sesame leaf (from 4.32±0.12 to 3.65±0.17 g/100 g), but increased it in Fischer's ragwort (from 6.09±0.49 to 6.43±0.01 g/100 g) and garlic stem (from 4.52±0.35 to 5.09±0.04 g/100 g). Sucrose, glucose, and fructose were detected in the vegetables; however, sesame leaf did not have sucrose. Fresh burdock root had the highest sucrose content (1.71±0.07 g/100 g) whereas garlic stem had the highest glucose and fructose content (1.65±0.02 and 1.73±0.02 g/100 g, respectively) compared with other vegetables. Upon blanching, the free sugar content of vegetables decreased for all sugars except for sucrose, which increased in Fischer's ragwort (from 0.10±0.01 to 0.14±0.01 g/100 g) and garlic stem (from 0.76±0.00 to 0.83±0.01 g/100 g). These results can provide information on blanching-associated changes in the content of dietary fiber and free sugar in foods prepared using these vegetables.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.27 no.2
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• pp.117-126
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• 2012

This study was conducted to assess the levels of microbiological hazards of preprocessed Namuls, which were served at the school foodservice. 19 preprocessed ground or root vegetables were collected from 21 schools in May to June of 2011. Heavy contamination of aerobic plate counts (from 3.39 to 8.42 logCFU/g) and total coliform groups (from 3.16 to 7.84 logCFU/g), enterobacteriaceaes (from 2.53 to 7.55 logCFU/g) were detected in preprocessed Namuls. In addition, the detection rates of Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus cereus (emetic form) were 4.3%, 11.7% and 2.1%, respectively. In addition, sanitary indicative bacterium at preprocessing steps of root vegetables (lotus root, burdock root, bellflower root) and blanched Namuls (bracken, sweet potato vine, chinamul) were analyzed. Aerobic plate counts, coliform groups, and enterobacteriaceaes were not effectively removed during preprocessing including washing and soaking steps. In the case of blanched Namuls (bracken, sweet potato vine, chinamul), contamination levels increased more after drying process and no significant reduction effect on the levels of microbial contamination was observed during preprocessing steps. Thus, effect of preprocessing steps on the microbiological hazards in Namuls must be reevaluated to improve the microbiological quality of preprocessed Namuls at the school foodservice and retail markets.