• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.532-537
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• 1991

Effect of storage temperature fluctuation on quality of frozen breaded raw shrimp was studied. Storage experiments were undertaken as follows; First, after storage at $-20^{\circ}C$ for 20 days or 40 days, storage temperature of materials were raised to $-15^{\circ}C\;or\;15^{\circ}C$, and then stored at these temperatures, And second, by repeating for 5, 10 and 15 times by 3 conditions ($-20{\rightarrow}-15^{\circ}C{\rightarrow}-20^{\circ}C,\;-20{\rightarrow}-10^{\circ}C{\rightarrow}-20^{\circ}C\;-20{\rightarrow}-5^{\circ}C{\rightarrow}-20^{\circ}C$) with temperature fluctuation during storage. Quality changes were measured by determining extractability of salt-soluble protein, volatile basic nitrogen, thiobar-bituric acid, pH and microbiological changes at regular intervals. Rise in storage temperature from $-20^{\circ}C\;to\;-15^{\circ}C$ had not caused significant change on it's quality, but rise up to $-5^{\circ}C$ caused some change in quality without relationship with storage period before temperature rise. Fluctuation of storage temperature from $-20^{\circ}C\;to\;-15^{\circ}C$ of frozen breaded raw shrimp did not cause noticeable changes on it's quality. But temperature fluctuation from $-20^{\circ}C\;to\;-10^{\circ}C\;or\;-5^{\circ}C$ caused remarkable changes of it's quality, according to the increase of fluctuation times and temperatures.