• 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.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.