• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.280-290
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• 1996

The suwey on the consumption pattern of Korean traditional soy sauce and commercial soy sauce was performed. 55.8 percentage of surveyed house makes Korean traditional soy sauce domestically, But its frequency in actual use is lower than commercial soy sauce. The use of Korean traditional soy sauce and commercial soy sauce was different depending on the kinds of food. Korean traditional soy sauce is mainly used for kinds of soup, and commercial soy sauce is predominantly used for hard-boiled foods and Chapchae. Korean traditional soy sauce is known as our typical fermented food and has special flavor. But its main factors of special flavor were not well established yet. So the authors have investigated the main components of Korean traditional soy sauce for its typical taste. Five samples o$.$ere selected from'Kyung-ln'area. The sensory charac teristics of Korean traditional soy sauce itself were very different with that of cooked food added with Korean traditional soy sauce. The hard-boiled mackerel cooked with commercial soy sauce was prefered than Korean traditional soy sauce. And soups and seasoned vegetables cooked with Korean traditional soy sauce were profered. By stepwiEe regression analysis and correlation analysis, sensory overall acceptability mainly depends on specific gravity, salt content and amino nitrogen content (R'=0.94). And total nitrogen content was highly coirelated with overall acceptability (r=0.91).

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.12 no.3
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• pp.273-278
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• 1996

To investigate the main components of Korean traditional soy sauce for its typical taste, we compare the physicochemical properties of Korean traditional soy sauce and commercial soy sauce. The physicochemical analysis revealed that each components showed significant difference between Korean traditional soy sauce and commercial soy sauce. The significant characters for discrimination between Korean traditional soy sauce and commercial soy sauce were salt content, ammonia nitrogen content and total acidity (R$^2$=0.99). The components of Korean traditional soy sauce divided into 3 clusters, and each group is characterized as formol nitrogen, salt and total nitrogen content by cluster analysis. Main amino acids of Korean traditional soy sauce were alanine, glutamic acid, leucine and valine.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.43 no.3
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• pp.179-187
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• 2010

This study examined ways to improve the functional properties of commercial soy sauce using gelatin hydrolysates from the refiner discharge of Alaska pollock, Theragra chalcogramma. The total nitrogen content and pH of gelatin sauce prepared by dissolving the second-step gelatin hydrolysates (15 g), salt (20 g), sugar (5 g), glucose (2.5 g), inosine monophosphate (IMP) (0.5 g), black pepper (0.1 g), caramel powder (0.1 g), ginger powder (0.05 g), garlic powder (0.05 g), vinegar (3 mL), and fructose (3 mL) in water(100 mL) were 1.71% and 5.35, respectively. The results of a sensory evaluation indicated that when preparing blended soy sauce, the optimal blending ratio of gelatin sauce to commercial soy sauce was 20:80 (v/v). Because the total nitrogen content and pH of the blended soy sauce were 1.52% and 5.31, respectively, the blended soy sauce could be sold as a soy sauce. The oxidative property of the blended soy sauce was similar to that of 20 mM ascorbic acid, and its angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) -inhibiting activity was 1.5 mg/mL. The results suggest that the antioxidative and ACE-inhibiting activities of commercial soy sauce can be improved by blending gelatin sauce (20) with commercial soy sauce (80). The total amino acid content of the blended soy sauce was 9,107.3 mg/mL, which was higher than that (8,992.4 mg/100 mL) of commercial soy sauce. However, the taste value of the blended soy sauce was 415.8, which was lower than that (431.2) of commercial soy sauce.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.33 no.1
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• pp.45-53
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• 2017

Purpose: Physicochemical and microbiological qualities were investigated to compare quality characteristics of traditional with commercial soy sauce (Ganjang). Methods: Nineteen traditional products were collected from six provinces and three commercial products were purchased in domestic markets. The proximate composition, inorganic substance contents, viable bacteria, and chromaticity of the soy sauces were measured. Results: Although concentrations of crude fat and protein were not significantly different between traditional and commercial Ganjang, the moisture concentration of commercial soy sauce was significantly higher than in traditional Ganjang (p<0.05). However, the amount of ash in commercial soy sauce was significantly lower than in traditional Ganjang (p<0.05). Total nitrogen concentrations of traditional and commercial Ganjang were 0.50-1.59% and 0.86-1.26%, respectively. Concentrations of Na, Mg, K, Ca, Li, B, Fe, and Sr in traditional Ganjang were significantly higher than in the commercial products (p<0.05). The number of total bacteria in traditional and commercial Ganjang were $3.3{\times}10^1-6.4{\times}10^7CFU/mL$ and $5.5{\times}10^1-2.0{\times}10^3CFU/mL$, respectively. Bacillus cereus were below 10,000 CFU/mL in all samples, and Staphylococcus aureus was not detected. Fungi was not detected in 13 samples of traditional Ganjang and the three samples of commercial soy sauce. Although lightness, redness, and yellowness were not significantly different among the Ganjang, G10 was had the highest values (p<0.05). Conclusion: This research provided information about the quality characteristics of traditional and commercial Ganjang.

• Preventive Nutrition and Food Science
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.427-431
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• 2002

Alkali treatment following acidic hydrolysis (ATAH) is a commonly used practice for reducing the levels of monochloropropanediol in commercial Korean soy sauce. This study investigated the chemical compounds produced in commercial Korean soy sauce made by ATAB. The levels of amino-N, total acidity, pH, salinity and Brix of the soy sauce were 6.66%, 2.52%, 19.81%, 4.57 and 35.01, respectively. The major fatty acids were C18:2n-6, C16:0, Cl8:ln-9 and C18:3n-6. The concentration of polyunsaturated fatty acids were especially high, with of C18:2n-6 (49.8%) being the highest followed by C18:3n-6 (3.8%) and C18:3n-3 (2.4%) in that order. Among the non-volatile organic acids, the concentration of levulinic acid (1,206.28 mg/100 g) was the highest, while the taste value of citric acid was the highest. Among the ATP related compounds, IMP concentration (31.19 mg/100 g) was highest followed by AMP, hypoxanthine and GMP in that order. The concentrations of free and total amino acids in soy sauce were 6,136.94 mg/100 g and 8,702.76 mg/100 g, respectively. On the other hand, the taste value of glutamic acid, a major amino acid flavor determinant in soy sauce, was highest of all the amino acids, which is desirable since most free amino acids such as methionine, histidine and phenylalanine have a bitter taste that detracts from the flavor of soy sauce.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.28 no.6
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• pp.640-650
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• 2013

Soy sauce, a basic ingredient in Asian cuisine, is made of fermented soybeans, salt, water, and barley or wheat flour. The sensory characteristics of soy sauce are not only determined through its main ingredients but also by various flavor compounds produced during the fermentation process. This study was conducted to identify the sensory attributes of five different commercial soy sauce samples that differ in Meju types (traditional Meju or modified Meju) and usage types. Thirty three sensory attributes, including appearance (1), odor (16), flavor (14), and mouthfeel (2) attributes, were generated and evaluated by eight trained panelists. The collected data were analyzed by analysis of variance and principal component analysis. There were significant differences in the intensities of all sensory attributes among the soy sauce samples. Soy sauce made with traditional Meju had high intensity of fermented fish, beany, musty odors and salt, Cheonggukjang, fermented fish flavors. Whereas two soy sauces made with modified Meju were strong in alcohol, sweet, Doenjang, roasted soybean flavors. Two soy sauces for soup made with modified Meju had medium levels of briny, sulfury, fermented odors and bitter, chemical flavors and biting mouthfeel characteristic.

• Journal of environmental and Sanitary engineering
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• v.20 no.2 s.56
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• pp.21-28
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• 2005

Soy sauce is one of the most Korean representative and traditional seasoning sauce, which occupied about 150 million won of 550 billion won in the domestic sauce market. There are many arguments over the safety of the soy sauce made from acid-hydrolyzate. This study on the use pattern of soy sauce in the popular restaurants. Surveyed restaurants were 106 places in Uijeongbu-city The results of this study showed that the highest number of chemical soy sauce which was mixed with acid-hydrolyzated and commercial fermented soy sauce on surveyed restaurants. These results suggest that necessitate the requirements of establish of concerns for food safety again.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.97-101
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• 1997

Gas formation, and container swelling and explosion during the distribution of commercial soy sauce is an important problem to be solved. Six yeasts were isolated from soy sauce returned because of container swelling. Three isolates (SS-1, SS-2, SP-1) formed film on soy sauce while others did not. Five isolates(SS-1, SS-2, SS-4, SP-1, SP-2) actively fermented soy sauce to produce gas and all were identified as Zygosaccharomyces rouxii, and one other isolate (SS-3) fermented soy sauce very weakly and was identified as Candida globosa.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.26 no.5
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• pp.507-511
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• 1994

Traditional and commercial soy sauces used for seasoning soups and cooked mungbean sprouts were evaluated for consumer preference. Table salt was included in sensory tests, because the consumer commonly used it for seasoning soups. Triangle tests with 30 trained panelists were used to evaluate differences between two soy sauces, and 9 point hedonic scale tests with 100 consumer panelists to evaluate the consumer preference. Taste of sea mustard, Chinese radish and dried pollack soups seasoned with the traditional soy sauce, commercial soy sauce for soup and table salt was significantly different. The consumer panel indicated that the commercial soy sauce for soup was most preferred and the traditional soy sauce least preferred. Taste of cooked mungbean sprouts seasoned with two sauces, prepared with either traditional or commercial soy sauces, was significantly different from each other, but the consumer panel could not detect the difference in preference.

• Journal of the Korean Home Economics Association
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.105-116
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• 1986

This paper provides the analysis and the comparisons of three kinds of soy sauces based on the manufacturing sources. The main factors of this study are concentrated on general and amino acids components. Three samples represented as domestic market soy sauces, imported Japanese soy sauces and homemade soy sauce are analyzed and compared by Kjeldahl and AOAC method and amino acid autoanlyzer method which have the results as follows; 1. For total nitrogen and pure extract and sodium chloride known as general components, the domestic market soy sauces show the ranges of 0.85~1.51%, 11.37~17.4% and 16.03~17.43% and the imported soy sauce shows the ranges of 1.65~1.83%, 19.54~19.80%, 17.20~18.46% and the homemade soy sauce indicates 0.73%, 30.96% for each components. The results implicates that the homemade soy sauce contains less total nitrogen and pure extract while it contains more sodium chloride than the domestic market soy sauces. 2. The amount of total amino acids contained in each soy indicated the range of 3.864~6.883% for the domestic market soy sauce and the range of 7.705~7.839% for the imported soy sauce and 2.035% for the homemade soy sauce. Especially, 20~50% glutamic acids are contained in total amino acids of each soy sauces.