• Journal of Nutrition and Health
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• v.50 no.1
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• pp.53-63
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• 2017

Purpose: This study was performed to examine motivational factors affecting sweetness preference in Korean and Japanese children. We identified meaningful variables that could be targeted to nutrition education interventions designed to overcome innate barriers and reduce sweetness preference and sweet food intake in Korean and Japanese children. Methods: Questionnaire surveys and sweetness preference test were conducted to examine variables affecting behavioral intention (BI) regarding sweetness preference. Questionnaire variables were based on the theory of planned behavior. Participants were recruited from one urban school from each country. In total, 166 children (mean age: 8.4 years) and their guardians (n = 166) participated in the study. A trained research assistant provided all children with personal guidance regarding completion of the sweetness preference test and survey questionnaire at school. The data were analyzed using Pearson's correlation coefficients, t tests, repeated measure ANOVA, and stepwise multiple regression analysis (significance level: p < 0.05). Results: Perceived behavioral control (PBC) and parenting practice were significantly associated with BI in both groups. Motivation to comply affected BI only in Japanese children, whereas affective attitude was associated with BI only in Korean children. In predicting sweetness preference, BI was associated only in Japanese children, whereas sweets consumption frequency had a significant effect in Korean children. Conclusion: The study shows similarities and differences in motivational factors, which could be considered when developing nutrition education programs in Korea and Japan. PBC and parenting practice were common factors in predicting BI. In predicting sweetness preference, BI had a significant effect on Japanese children, whereas sweets consumption frequency was the greatest contributor in Korean children.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.18 no.6
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• pp.893-898
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• 2008

The of this study was to the abilities of Northeast Asians to discriminate sweetness on foods and their preference sweetness. Panels of Korean, Japanese and Chinese three sample -sucrose solutions, bulgogi, julienned radish salad- in which the sucrose levels had been manipulated to produce five samples of each. The sucrose solutions were prepared 1%, 3%, 5%, 7%, 9% sucrose to the water. Bulgogi and julienned radish salad 3%, 9%, 15%, 21%, 27% sucrose to the recipe. As, the three ethnic groups significant differences in test of sweetness in sucrose solutions(79%). Korean(a=1.164) to be the most sweetness, compared to Japanese(a=1.063) and Chinese(a=0.999). All ethnic groups preferred $3{\sim}7%$ solution, and Korean than Japanese and Chinese. Ethnic groups significant differences in sweetness of the julienned radish salad 21% sucrose. Korean(a=1.054) appeared to be the most able to detect the sweetness, compared to their Japanese(a=0.785) and Chinese(a=0.642). Both Korean and Japanese the strongest preference for the 15% julienned radish salad, the Chinese preferred the 21%. The abilities of ethnic groups to detect the sweetness in bulgogi significant differences high concentration(more than 27%), and the result of regression analysis on the awareness of sweet taste order Korean(a=0.918), Japanese(a=0.832), Chinese(a=0.690). All groups preferred the $9{\sim}21%$ bulgogi the most, Japanese showed higher preference 15% bulgogi than did Korean and Chinese.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.40 no.5
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• pp.534-539
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• 2008

The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the inhibitory action and quality-improvement functions of sweetness inhibitor, Na$\pm$2-(4-Methoxyphenoxy) propanoate (Na-PMP) in pound cakes. Na-PMP was first used to evaluate the intensity of sweetness in different concentrations of sucrose and fructose solutions: Na-PMP (250 and 500 ppm) was added to the model solutions of 2.5, 5.0, 7.5, and 10% sucrose and the equi-sweetness levels of fructose with the sucrose solutions. Both concentrations of Na-PMP significantly modified the sweetness intensity for both model solutions. For practical application of Na-PMP, different levels of sucrose (10, 20, and 30%) were added to the basic recipe (a control) of pound cake preparation. Excessive sweetness due to the addition of high levels of sucrose to the basic recipe was modified by the addition of Na-PMP, which resulted in equi-sweetness as the control (p<0.05). Moreover, Na-PMP improved the texture and shelf-life of the pound cake.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.32 no.3
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• pp.346-349
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• 2003

This study was conducted to investigate the changes in organoleptic characteristics by adding different amounts of red pepper powder, salt-fermented anchovy extracts to kimchi. The salt enhanced sourness and pungency up to 2% but suppressed sourness, pungency, sweetness and umami taste by salt of more than 2%. Red pepper powder proportionally enhanced sourness up to 3% but suppressed saltiness, sweetness and umami taste. Salt-fermented anchovy extracts enhanced saltiness and sweetness together with enhancement of umami taste, but suppressed pungency and sourness. As the result of one-way analysis of correlation with the above tastes of spices and kimchi, saltiness of NaCl had a significantly negative correlation with pungency, sourness, sweetness and umami taste, as -0.9857, -0.9878, -0.9847, -0.9076, respectively, and pungency of red pepper with sourness, sweetness, saltiness and umami taste, as -0.8353, -0.9316, -0.9020, -0.9901, respectively. This indicated that increase of pungency and saltiness of kimchi suppressed a overall taste of kimchi. In addition, umami taste had a significantly negative correlation with only pungency as -0.9823 and a significantly positive correlation with sweetness and saltiness, showing a different tendency with pungency and saltiness.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.190-196
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• 2008

This study was performed to aid the development of a reduced-calorie ssanghwa beverage, by using substitutes for high fructose com syrup(HFCS). The relative sweetness levels of HFCS, aspartame, acesulfame-K, and glucosyl stevia solutions were examined in comparison to a 10% sucrose solution in a binary solution model. And the sensory properties of ssanghwa beverages containing aspartame, acesulfame-K, and glucosyl stevia were evaluated at the equi-sweetness to HFCS. In the binary solution model, the relative sweetness of HFCS to sucrose was 0.8, while the values for aspartame, acesulfame-K, and glucosyl stevia were 140, 170, and 100, respectively. Sweet taste and sweet after taste were not significantly different between the HFCS, aspartame, acesulfame-K, and glucosyl stevia solutions. On the other hand, bitter taste, first taste, and overall eating quality were significantly different between the HFCS and aspartame solutions and between the acesulfame-K and glucosyl stevia solutions. Finally, the ssanghwa beverages sweetened with HFCS, acesulfame-K, and aspartame only had slight differences in sensory properties. However, the sensory properties of the beverages sweetened with HFCS and glucosyl stevia, respectively, were significantly different.

• Journal of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.17 no.6
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• pp.391-394
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• 1973

A semiempirical molecular orbital theory which is known as extended H ckel theory is applied to explain the sweet taste mechanism of nitroaniline, 1-methoxy-4-nitroaniline, and 1-ethoxy-4-nitroaniline which has different sweetness respectively. In this paper, the assumption is made that the nitroaniline is coplanar. The relationship between charge density and sweetness has been calculated according to the geometrical rotation of the orthosubstitute of nitroanilines. It has been shown that the calculated results are consistent with the experimental order of the relative sweetness.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Agricultural Machinery Conference
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• 2017.04a
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• pp.44-44
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• 2017

The objective of this study was to evaluate firmness, and sweetness index (SI) of tomatoes (Lycopersicum esculentum) by using hyperspectral imaging (HSI) in the range of 1000-1400 nm. The mean spectra of the 95 matured tomato samples were extracted from the hyperspectral images, and the reference firmness and sweetness index of the same sample were measured and calibrated with their corresponding spectral data by partial least squares (PLS) regression with different preprocessing method. The results showed that the regression model developed by PLS regression based on Savitzky-Golay (S-G) second-derivative preprocessed spectra resulted in better performance for firmness, and SI of tomatoes compared to models developed by other preprocessing methods, with correlation coefficients (rpred) of 0.82, and 0.74 with standard error of prediction (SEP) of 0.86 N, and 0.63 respectively. Then, the feature wavelengths were identified using model-based variable selection method, i.e., variable important in projection (VIP), resulting from the PLS regression analyses and finally chemical images were derived by applying the respective regression coefficient on the spectral image in a pixel-wise manner. The resulting chemical images provided detailed information on firmness, and sweetness index (SI) of tomatoes. Therefore, these research demonstrated that HIS technique has a potential for rapid and non-destructive evaluation of the firmness and sweetness index of tomatoes.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.20 no.5
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• pp.520-528
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• 2004

The effects of the substitution of sugar alcohol for sugar on the sensory properties of mulberry rice cake, 'Bbongseolgy', were evaluated in two phases. First, the relative sweetness of xylitol, erythritol and palatinose to the sucrose in the food systems were examined with paired comparison tests. Second, the sensory properties of the mulberry rice cake containing xylitol, erythritol and palatinose substitution for sugar at a sweetness level equal to sucrose were studied. Sensory analysis for the mulberry rice cake characteristics was conducted and consumer acceptability tests were performed. The physical properties of mulberry rice cake were also examined. The relative sweetness of xylitol, erythritol and palatinose, compared to sucrose, in the solid model food system were 1.00, 0.63 and 0.42, respectively. This result showed that the relative sweetness of xylitol, erythritol and palatinose to sugar was slightly lower than those in the liquid model food system, in which flavor did not influence the sweetness. Mulberry rice cake with erythritol or palatinose had very similar characteristics, with lower fracturability and tenderness, and higher moistness, compactness and chewiness compared to that with sucrose or xylitol. Mulberry rice cake with xylitol was significantly the most fracturable, grainy, and driest, and the least adhesive, among the samples. The consumer test showed no difference in overall acceptability among the samples and consumers perceived differences only in moistness, coarseness and compactness among the samples. Mulberry rice cake with erythritol was the most favored in many characteristics. These results indicate that erythritol substitution for sugar inmulberry rice cake is suitable as a low-calorie rice cake with beneficial functions to improve in the health and texture of the rice cake.

• Nutrition Research and Practice
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• v.13 no.2
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• pp.169-177
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• 2019

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Excessive sugar intake is one of the causes associated with obesity and several chronic diseases prevalent in the modern society. This study was undertaken to investigate the effect of parenting variables based on the theory of planned behavior, on the sweetness preferences and sweets intake of children. SUBJECTS/METHODS: Parents and their children (n = 103, aged 5-7 years) were enrolled to participate in a survey for this study, after providing the required informed consent. Parents were asked to fill out a self-administered questionnaire at their residence. The sweetness preference test for children was conducted at a kindergarten (or daycare center) by applying the one-on-one interview method. RESULTS: The children were divided into two clusters categorized by the K-mean cluster analysis: Cluster 1 had higher sweetness preference (0.42 M sugar, 35%; 0.61 M sugar, 65%); Cluster 2 exhibited lower sweetness preference (0.14 M sugar, 9.5%; 0.20 M sugar, 9.5%; 0.29 M sugar, 81%). Cluster 1 had a higher frequency of sweets intake (P < 0.01), and lower sweets restriction (P < 0.05) and nutrition quotient score (P < 0.05). Sweets intake was negatively correlated with the nutritional quotient (r = -0.204, P < 0.05). The behavioral intention of parents was higher in cluster 2 (P < 0.05), while affective attitude, feeding practice, and reward were higher in cluster 1 (P < 0.001, P < 0.05, and P < 0.01, respectively). Furthermore, behavioral intention of parents showed a negative correlation with affective attitude (r = -0.282, P < 0.01) and feeding practice (r = -0.380, P < 0.01), and a positive correlation with subjective norm (r = 0.203, P < 0.05) and parenting attitude (r = 0.433, P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: This study indicates that the sweetness preferences and sweets intake of children is related to the parent's affective attitude, feeding practice and reward. We suggest that to reduce the sugar consumption of children, guidelines for access to sweets and pertinent parenting practices are required.

• Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety
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• v.21 no.1
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• pp.9-13
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• 2006

In this study the expression of the sweetness by using threshold value and effects of salt addition on the sweetness was carried out in model system. Threshold value was 0.4% in sucrose solution and was 0.75-0.80% in the mixture of sweeteners such as low glutinous starch syrup and reduced starch syrup with sucrose solution. The equation between mixture of sweeteners and relative sweetness ($0-20^{\circ}Brix$) on sucrose was induced. The sweetness of red bean paste prepared with low glutinous starch syrup and reduced starch syrup were estimated as 32.78-34.32 by using threshold value, and those lower than 55 of red bean paste prepared with sucrose alone. The synergistic effect of sweetness was observed when 0.05% salt in sugar solution (2.0%) and 0.2% salt in red bean paste were added, respectively. It showed that the addition of salt could be increase the degree of sweetness and decrease the quantity of sweeteners.