• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.650-656
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• 1996

Quality changes of salted Chinese cabbage with different package pressure and storage temperature were examined during 7-day storage. Each storage yield for 7 days at $0^{\circ}C$ was $87.1{\%}$ in AP (atmospheric pressure) and 83.1% in LP (low pressure). Initial salinity was 2.62 in AP and 2.05 in LP and their changes during the storage were very small. In AP the pH slowly decreased to 5.66 after 7-day storage at $0^{\circ}C$ but rapidly decreased to 4.08 at $20^{\circ}C$. Concentration of reducing sugar in LP was higher than that in AP, as more juice was exuded in LP than in AP. The compression force of salted Chinese cabbage changed slowly at $0^{\circ}C$ and constantly increased at $20^{\circ}C$ during the storage, but decreased in LP. The amount of exuded juice was small in AP but large in LP. Quality changes of salted Chinese cabbage was minimum in AP at $0^{\circ}C$ during the 7-day storage.