Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회지)

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A study on the shelf-life extension of fresh-cut onion (Allium cepa L.)

신선편의 양파(Allium cepa L.)의 유통기한 연장연구

  • Published : 2009.12.31
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Abstract

Peeled whole onions (PWO) were cleaned at various hypochlorous acid (HA) concentration and steeping time and packed in LDPE bag keeping at $10^{\circ}C$ for 12 days and $35^{\circ}C$ for 3 days, in order eventually to examine microbiology, surface color and sensory quality. At the early stage of storage, it was found that total bacterial counts at H-II keeping at $10^{\circ}C$ after 1 minute steeping were $2.60\;{\pm}\;0.18\;log\;CFU/g$, and those after 3 minutes steeping were $2.10\;{\pm}\;0.18\;log\;CFU/g$ which showed less than the control. The total bacterial counts at H-III were detected after 4 days. The total bacterial counts of PWO treated HA increased as steeping time became longer, HA concentration increased, and storage temperature went down. E. coli was not detected at all treatments. It was also found that during the treatment the L-value showed decreasing trend, but the parameter a- and b- value showed increasing trend. But these trends were mitigated as HA concentration increased. The result of sensory quality evaluation for the appearance showed that the sample stored with $10^{\circ}C$ gained higher evaluation than that with $10^{\circ}C$, while the control and H-III gained highest points significantly (p < 0.05) for the sample keeping at $10^{\circ}C$ after 12 days storage. The sensory odor of onion showed similar to that for the appearance, and the 8-day treatments of H-II and H-III showed no significantly difference (p < 0.05). On the basis of the results above, it is likely to be more effective to prolong the period of circulation of PWO if you use HA over 50 ppm for washing PWO and storage at $10^{\circ}C$. This study will contribute to improve safety and quality in circulation of PWO.

박피 알양파(PWO)를 HA 농도별 침지시간별로 각각 세척한 후 LDPE bag에 포장하여 $10^{\circ}C$와 $35^{\circ}C$에서 저장하여 미생물분석, 표면색 및 관능적 품질변화를 조사하였다. 저장초기 총균수의 경우 1분간 침지 후 $10^{\circ}C$에서 저장한 처리구 H-II는 $2.60\;{\pm}\;0.18\;log\;CFU/g$이었고, 침지시간 3분 으로 처리한 경우 $2.10\;{\pm}\;0.18\;log\;CFU/g$로 대조구에서 보다 적게 나타났다. 처리구 H-III의 총균수는 저장 4일부터 검출되었다. HA로 처리한 PWO의 저장기간 중 총균수의 경우 침지시간이 길수록, 차아염소산 농도가 증가할수록, 저장온도가 낮을수록 적은 폭으로 증가하였다. 모든 처리구에서 E. coli는 검출되지 않았다. 저장기간 중 모든 처리구의 L값은 감소하였고 a와 b값은 증가하였다. HA 처리농도가 증가할수록 L값의 감소폭과 a값과 b값의 증가폭은 적게 나타났다. 관능적 품질평가 결과, 외관은 $35^{\circ}C$저장 보다 $10^{\circ}C$에서의 평가가 높게 나타났다. $10^{\circ}C$에서 저장 12일차의 관능적 품질평가 결과, 무처리구와 처리구 H-III의 외관평가는 유의적으로 가장 높게 나타났다(p < 0.05). 양파특유의 향평가는 외관과 유사한 경향을 보였으며, 저장 8일차부터 처리구 H-II와 H-III간에는 유의적인 차이가 없었다(p < 0.05). 이상의 결과를 종합해 볼 때 유통기한 연장을 위하여 PWO의 세척공정에 HA을 50 ppm 이상 사용하여 $10^{\circ}C$에서 저장하는 것이 안전성 및 품질 향상에 효과적인 것으로 나타났다.

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