• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.625-633
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• 2001

The purpose of this study was to investigate the growth of lactic acid bacteria and the self-life of Kimchi prepared with Toha sauce(TK) and different kinds of jeot-kal, a traditional fermented fish sauce. The Kimchi samples were stored for 42 days at 12$\pm$2$\^{C}$. The results were as follows: The pH value was decreased in the order of TK, AK(prepared with fermented anchovy juice), SK(prepared with fermented shrimp) and CK(control), and the acidity was increased in the opposed order. Redox potentials decreased until 4 days of fermentation but increased thereafter. TK showed the lowest value in redox potential as well as the lowest change in the number of yeast; however, it had the highest contents of vitamin C and reducing sugar. The total number of lactic acid bacteria was higher in jeot-kal-added Kimchi than control throughout the fermentation period. In sensory evaluation. AK got the highest score in overall preference in the early stage of fermentation, but TK was preferred in the late stage.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.20 no.4
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• pp.358-364
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• 2004

This study was conducted to examine the effects of Jeot-kal and chitosan on the physicochemical characteristics and hardness during onion Kimchi fermentation. The onion Kimchi was stored at 4${\pm}$1$^{\circ}C$ for 42 days. The study results were as follows. The pH of control onion Kimchi and the experimental groups was in the range 5.30∼5.80. The pH of the experimental groups slowly decreased during the fermentation. The total acidity of the four kinds of onion Kimchi was increased. The reducing sugar content was maximized at 4 days of fermentation after which it decreased gradually as the fermentation processed. The ascorbic acid content of control onion Kimchi and the experimental groups was increased rapidly at 21 days and then decreased. The hardness of onion Kimchi measured instrumentally was higher in onion Kimchi treated with the salt-fermented Toha jeot juice than in control onion Kimchi.