• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.43 no.4
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• pp.584-591
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• 2014

Salted semi-dried brown croaker, Miichthys miiuy, has been proposed as a palatable seafood in Korea due to its specific texture, taste, and nutritional content. This study was conducted to characterize the sanitary quality of commercial salted semi-dried brown croaker for the development of high quality salted semi-dried products. The chemical properties ranged from 64.2 to 77.1% (mean $74.7{\pm}3.5%$) for moisture content, from 2.1 to 9.5% for salinity, from 14.1 to 58.1 mg/100 g for volatile basic nitrogen, and from 19.1 to 107.2 meq/kg for peroxide values. The viable cell counts and Escherichia coli were 4.2~8.3 log(CFU/g) [mean: 6.2 log(CFU/g)] and 18>~4.6 log(MPN/100 g), respectively. The chemical and microbial results of commercial salted semi-dried brown croaker suggest that provisions should be established for development of high quality salted semi-dried products.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.864-875
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• 2015

This study investigated the sanitary characteristics of commercial salted semi-dried convict grouper Epinephelus septemfasciatus (SSD-CG) and longneck croaker Pseudotolithus typus (SSD-LC) and suggested standards for salted semi-dried fish (SSD-F), based on the domestic standards for salted mackerel (Scomber japonicus or kwamegi) and salted dried yellow corvenia (Pseudosciaena manchurica), and sanitary characteristics of commercial SSD-F. For the commercial SSD-CG and SSD-LC, respectively, the moisture content ranged from 64.6-76.1 and 65.7-77.5%, salinity from 2.7-8.2 and 1.5-4.9%, volatile basic nitrogen (VBN) from 22.1-88.2 and 13.5-87.4 mg/100 g, peroxide value (POV) from 17.2-195.0 and 28.5-190.2 mEq/kg, and viable cell counts from 6.1-8.4 and 5.4-7.2 log (CFU/g). No Escherichia coli was detected in six kinds of SSD-CG or three kinds of SSD-LC. The standard for controlling the quality of SSD-F is the moisture content (>68%), salinity (>3%), VBN content (>50 mg/100 g), POV (>60 mEq/kg), viable cell counts (>$10^6$ CFU/g), E. coli (>MPN/100 g), and others. Using the established standards, no commercial SSD-F passed. The chemical, microbial, and other results for commercial SSD-F suggest that provisions for controlling the quality of high-quality SSD-F should be established.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.857-863
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• 2015

This study characterized the nutrition and taste of commercial salted semi-dried brown croaker Miichthys miiuy (SSD-BC). The mean crude protein content of the commercial SSD-BC was $19.8{\pm}1.7%$ (range, 17.7-23.2%), and the mean crude lipid content was $0.6{\pm}0.3%$ (range, 0.3-1.1%). The total amino acid content ranged from 17.08 to 18.56 g/100 g, except for sample code 5, which was 22.24 mg/100 g and differed significantly from the other samples. The major amino acids in the commercial SSD-BC were aspartic acid, glutamic acid, leucine, and lysine. In the commercial SSD-BC, the calcium ranged from 11.1-21.4 mg/100 g, phosphorus from 148.4-209.2 mg/100 g, and magnesium from 12.2-48.2 mg/100 g. Monoenoic acid (37.1-40.3%) was the most common fatty acid, followed by saturated acid (33.9-36.3%) and polyenoic acid (25.1-29.2%). The prominent fatty acids in the commercial SSD-BC were 16:0 (23.9-26.5%), 16:1n-7 (11.3-13.0%), 18:1n-9 (19.7-21.5%), and 22:6n-3 (6.9-10.7%). The mean trichloroacetic acidsoluble nitrogen content was 248.1 (range, 137.2-334.2) mg/100 g. The evaluation demonstrated that the commercial SSD-BC is rich in nutrition and taste.

• Korean Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
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• v.48 no.6
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• pp.839-848
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• 2015

This study examined the optimal salting drying method and processing conditions (salt concentration, curing time, dry temperature, and drying time) for preparing salted semi-dried common gray mullet (SSD-CGM) Mugil cephalus based on the moisture content, salinity, and overall acceptance using response surface methodology (RSM). The moisture content, salinity, and overall acceptance of SSD-CGM prepared with different salting methods revealed that dry salting was the optimal salting method for preparing high-quality SSD-CGM. The optimal drying method for preparing high-quality SSD-CGM based on the drying velocity and sensory color was hot air-blast drying. The results of the RSM program indicated that the optimal independent variables ($X_1$, salt concentration; $X_2$, curing time; $X_3$, dry temperature; $X_4$, drying time) based on the dependent variables ($Y_1$, moisture content; $Y_2$, salinity; $Y_3$, overall acceptance) for high-quality SSD-CGM were 5.6% for $X_1$, 2.7 h for $X_2$, $47.0^{\circ}C$ for $X_3$, and 8.5 h for $X_4$ for uncoded values. The predicted values of $Y_1$, $Y_2$, and $Y_3$ for SSD-CGM prepared under optimal conditions were 54.4%, 4.2%, and 6.3, respectively, while the experimental values were $55.2{\pm}1.0%$, $4.1{\pm}0.3%$ and $6.7{\pm}0.8$. The actual and predicted values did not differ.