• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.347-357
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• 2010

This study was assessed the menu satisfaction and preferences of high school boarding students in Gyeongggido. Data collection was carried out through surveys given to 300 high school boarding students; a total of 274 were usable. Statistical analyses were done using the SAS package program (version 8.2 for Windows). The results of this study are summarized as follows: 54.0% of respondents were freshman and 46.0% were sophomores: and 52.9% of respondents were male and 47.1% were female. According to the results of the menu satisfaction survey, males and females significantly differed on appropriate food temperature, freshness of food, harmonic combination of menu, menu variety, quality of ingredients, appearance of food, and frequency of supplied nutrition information. A significant difference regarding menu satisfaction was also found between grade level. First grade students were more satisfied than second grade students. Moreover, menu preferences were significantly high for omelet-rice, fried rice, pork-on-the-bone soup, deep-fried chicken, fruit salad, spicy chinese cabbage salad kimchi, chinese cabbage kimchi, and all desserts. On the other hand, pumpkin and rice porridge, beef and rice porridge, barley rice, soft tofu stew, soybean paste soup, braised japanese spanish mackerel, and sauteed squash were not significantly preferred. The results showed that high school boarding students' menu preferences differed depending on gender, grade, and boarding period. In conclusion, the results of this study should provide dieticians information for improving menu planning. In addition, foodservice satisfaction of the boarding school students can be improved by continuous menu improvement.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.515-519
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• 1987

The kinetics of thermal softening of chinese cabbage was investigated by puncture tests with an Instron. It was concluded that low temperature-long time blanching and pasteurization process provided an opportunity of improving the texture of pasteurized Kimchi. The rate of softening showed apparent first order kinetics, and the apparent Arrhenius activation energies ranged from 2.8-42.4 kcal/mol. The temperature dependency of the softening rate during pasteurization was more profound by blanching at blanching at higher temperature.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Culture
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• v.26 no.6
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• pp.554-561
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• 2011

The nutritional value of kimchi is gaining global focus along with new possibilities and uses for the various salts used in making kimchi. The purpose of the study is to conduct research on the uses of various salts and investigate the consumer recognition of salt use in kimchi preparation. The findings are from 824 consumers over 19 years old from 15 locations who participated in this questionnaire via one-to-one interviews from September 23rd to October 14th, 2009. The results of the questionnaire show that when customers cooked, 71.9% used solar salt, 62.2% used flower salt (refined salt), 27.4% used Hanju salt (purified salt), 59.0% used processed salt (roasted salt), 47.4% used bamboo salt, 69.4% used Mat salt (table salt), and 18.2% used low sodium salt. The most preferred origin of salts was domestic. Most customers salted Chinese cabbage while preparing kimchi. Consumers showed low perceptions of different salts used in kimchi production, and did not exactly recognize the characteristics of various salts. The preferences for domestic and solar salts were very high, while the preference for sea salts was low. In conclusion, various types of salts could improve the quality of kimchi. This study hopes to help consumers produce better kimchi to match different needs. Therefore, attention should be paid to promoting the characteristics of various salts influencing the quality of kimchi.

• Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.25 no.4
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• pp.197-200
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• 1982

Pasteurization conditions of chinese cabbage-Kimchi were investigated in the Kimchi pasteurizer which sterilized the liquid portion and mixed with that of non-heat treated solid of Kimchi in a constant volume reservoir. The shelf-life of the sterilized Kimchi were compared at various temperature 75, 81, $85^{\circ}C$ and pasteurization cycles - numbers of passage through holding section of the pasteurizer-for the optimum pasteurization conditions. The optimum temperature were $75^{\circ}C$ for one cycle and $81^{\circ}C$ for 3 cycles. More than two weeks shelf-life of Kimchi was prolonged when pasteurized 3 cycles at $81^{\circ}C$. Similar results were obtained with the seasoned Kimchi containing red pepper powder.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.13 no.5
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• pp.569-577
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• 1997

The characteristics of an watery type Kimchi prepared without the addition of red pepper, were investigated focused on the effect of salt concentration and fermentation temperatures. The Chinese cabbage was brined in various NaCl solution to obtain the final salt concentration range of 0.5∼3.0% of the brined cabbage. Fermentation of Baik Kimchi was carried out at 10, 20, 30$^{\circ}C$ with addition of equal weight of water to brined cabbage. The result showed that the fermentation was generally increased as the NaCl concentration decreased for all temperatures based on the data of pH and total acidity. The higher temperature resulted in an increase in fermentation rate in terms of pH and total acidity. The organoleptic flavor properties of fresh sourness and acidity were significantly affected by NaCl concentration and fermentation temperatures. The Baik Kimchi prepared with 1.0% NaCl and fermentation at 30$^{\circ}C$ was found to be most acceptable.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.30 no.6
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• pp.1367-1372
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• 1998

The studies were carried out to investigative effects of Lithospermum erythrorhizon, Glycyrrhiza uralensis 3% (LG) with and without dipping of salted Chinese cabbage in 1% chitosan solution(LGDC) on fermentation of kimchi at $10^{\circ}C$ during 25 days. The pH and titratable acidity of kimchi with LG and LGDC were higher and lower, respectively, than that of control. Viable cells of total bacteria, lactic acid bacteria, Leuconostoc sp. and Lactobacillus plantarum in kimchi added with LG and LGDC were shown inhibitory effect about $1.6{\sim}2.1,\;1.2{\sim}2.9,\;0.8{\sim}2.2,\;0.7{\sim}1.6$ log10 cycle, respectively. Specially Leuconostoc sp. and L. plantarum was very inhibited than in control from 0 day. The sour taste of LG and LGDC added kimchi was changed more slowly than that of control during fermentation of kimchi. But flavor, color and overall acceptability did not show significant difference(P<0.05) between treatments. The shelf-life of LGDC added kimchi was extended over 10 days compared with control.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.32 no.6
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• pp.1326-1330
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• 2000

Kimchi, made from seasonal baechu (Chinese cabbage), was sealed in PP trays with a Nylon/CPP lid film and stored at various temperatures (0, 10, $20^{\circ}C$) to investigate the feasibility of detecting its fermentation degree by measuring gas composition inside the packages. The gas composition inside the kimchi package continuously changed due to $CO_2$ evolution during fermentation. Regardless of temperature, the fermentative gas accumulation in the package caused $CO_2$ concentration to increase by two-stepwise pattern, but $O_2$ concentration to decrease exponentially. As $CO_2$ concentration increased secondarily, the pH values of kimchi decreased proportionally (r>0.968). The production of $CO_2$ during kimchi fermentation was stimulated at higher temperatures and affected by seasonal factor. Kimchi made from winter baechu produced more fermentative gas than that from summer baechu. It was suggested that the changes in $CO_2$ concentration could be used as a characteristic index for indicating the fermentation course of packaged kimchi products.

• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.21 no.2
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• pp.257-262
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• 2011

The objective of this study was to investigate the changes in the microbial properties of taurine supplemented Kimchi during fermentation at $6^{\circ}C$ for 46 days. Chinese cabbage was brined in 10% salt solution for the control Kimchi and in 10% salt solution containing 1, 2 or 4% taurine (w/w, based on cabbage) for taurine supplemented Kimchi (Taurine I, II, and III groups, respectively). The pH values of all the groups dramatically decreased after 1-day of fermentation. Total numbers of viable cells were highest at 5-days of fermentation for the control, at 9-days of fermentation for Taurine I, and at 23-days of fermentation for Taurine II and III. The highest numbers of lactic acid bacteria were found at 9-days of fermentation for the control and Taurine I, and at 18-days of fermentation for Taurine II, and at 13-days of fermentation for Taurine III. The fermentation periods required to reach the highest numbers of Leuconostoc bacteria for Taurine I, II and III were longer than that for the control, suggesting that taurine might inhibit the growth of Leuconostoc bacteria during Kimchi fermentation. Based on the results obtained from the present study, it is concluded that adding taurine to the production of Kimchi could delay the ripening period of Kimchi.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.32 no.1
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• pp.97-101
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• 2000

Major characteristics of waste brine from the repeated salting and rinsing processes of Chinese cabbage for Kimchi were investigated. Salt concentration of brine was increased with the number of successive salting steps from 12% after 1st salting step to 14% after 5th step. Total waste brine which is the representative of wastewater produced from salting process of cabbage showed 6-8% salt concentration. The pH values in all samples decreased with the number of reuse of brine and showed pH 5.9 and pH 5.2 for the mixture of brine for quarter-cut and small-cut cabbage, respectively, after 5th salting process. Soluble solid contents increased with repetition and resulted in 14-16 $^{\circ}Brix$. Total brine showed increased COD values with the number of reuse of brine and 40-50 ppm of COD values for both quarter-cut and small-cut cabbages.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.34 no.1
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• pp.91-95
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• 2002

Effects of freeze-drying time on the microbiological, sensory, and other characteristics of freeze-dried kimchi were investigated to optimize freeze-drying time for kimchi. Quality attributes of freeze-dried kimchi, including number of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), pH, sensory properties, brittleness, rehydration property, moisture content, and microstructure of Chinese cabbage were observed for 24, 48 and 72 h, respectively. Number of LAB and pH of the kimchi freeze-dried for 24 h were significantly changed in comparison with those of the kimchi not freeze-dried. However, further freeze-drying did not change markedly number of LAB and pH. Overall acceptability of the sample freeze-dried for 48 of 72 h was better than that of the sample freeze-dried for 24 h. As freeze-drying time increased, brittleness of the dried sample increased, and rehydration property was improved while dried weight and moisture content of the sample decreased. In conclusion, the sample freeze-dried for 48 h was better than the sample freeze-dried for 24 or 72 h, based on sensory properties and other characteristics.