• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.869-874
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• 2009

We aimed to develop a new salting method to improve the quality of Dombaegi. The changes in quality characteristics of Dombaegi during salting using different salting methods (dry and brine salting) and salting pressures (vacuum and atmospheric pressure) were investigated. Moisture content was highest in Dombaegi prepared by brine salting under atmospheric pressure. Salt content was greater when salting was conducted under vacuum compared with atmospheric pressure. Water-holding capacity and water activity were higher under vacuum pressure than at atmospheric pressure and after dry salting compared with brine salting. Color change varied greatly when Dombaegi samples salted at atmospheric pressure and under vacuum were compared, and was affected more by dry salting than brine salting. Springiness was higher after salting under vacuum, and in dry conditions. The results showed that dry salting under vacuum provided better quality characteristics compared with other methods. Therefore, salting under vacuum was the optimal salting process.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.29 no.1
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• pp.26-29
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• 2000

Major characteristics of brines produced from the salting process were compared among winter, spring, and summer (highland) Chinese cabbages. The soluble-solids contents of final brine were decreased to 87~90% of initial brine during salting process, and showed 16.3, 15.8, and 14.4$^{\circ}$Brix for winter, spring, and highland Chinese cabbages, respectively. The pHs showed similar changes during salting process from pH 8.40~8.63 for initial to pH 6.03~6.24 for final. The high salting(12.4~14%) of final brine needs dilution or reuse treatemnt before discard. The COD of final brine were increased to 39.6 ppm, 52.1 ppm, 37.7 ppm, respectively. During salting total microbial counts of final brine were increased ten times from those of the initial brines for all samples.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.16 no.5
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• pp.656-660
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• 2009

We investigated the quality characteristics of Dombaegi after drying, with respect to salt concentration (1%, 2%, 3% all w/v) and salting temperature ($4^{\circ}C$, $18^{\circ}C$), to establish optimum salting conditions. Changes in moisture and salt content, water holding capacity, water activity, color, and textual properties of salted Dombaegi were measured. The moisture content was highest in Dombaegi prepared with 3% (w/v) salt at 4C. The salt content of Dombaegi rose as salt concentration and temperature increased. The water holding capacity was greatest after salting with 3% (w/v) salt at $4^{\circ}C$. Color and texture were superior after preparation at higher salt concentrations and lower salting temperatures. Thus, the quality of Dombaegi was optimal when dry salting was performed at the highest salt concentration (3%, w/v) and the lower salting temperature ($4^{\circ}C$).

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.786-790
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• 2006

This study was carried out to analyze the physicochemical properties according to salting methods of eggplants exported mainly to Japan. Moisture contents of Chukyang and Shikibu were decreased after 3 days of salting regardless of salting methods. The decrease of moisture content in mixed treatment of rice husk and salt was higher than that of salt treatment after 7 days of salting. Ash contents of Chukyang and Shikibu were increased according to extended salting time regardless of salting methods. The Brix of Chukyang and Shikibu without salting were $4.0^{\circ}brix\;and\;5.0^{\circ}brix$, respectively, and were increased according to extended salting time regardless of kinds and salting methods. pH of Chukyang and Shikibu without salting were 6.04 and 6.00, respectively. Extended the salting time from 0 to 7 days did not result in a pH change. Reducing sugar contents of Chukyang and Shikibu were increased according to extended salting time, the increase of reducing sugar content in mixed treatment of rice husk and salt was higher than that of salt treatment during salting. Soluble protein contents of Chukyang and Shikibu without salting were 1.40 g and 1.85 g, respectively. Extended the salting time from 0 to 7 days resulted in gradual increase in soluble protein content of Chukyang and Shikibu.

• Korean journal of food and cookery science
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• v.21 no.4 s.88
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• pp.545-555
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• 2005

The physicochemical and microbial characteristics of Oiji prepared with dry salting method, which has been used industrially for industry, were investigated. Low salting and low storage temperature were employed:extremely low salting extremely low temperature; ESET $(5\%,\;0^{\circ}C)$, very low salting extremely low temperature;VSET $(10\%,\;0^{\circ}C)$, extremely low salting very low temperature; ESVT$(5\%,\;5^{\circ}C)$, low salting very low temperature; VSVT$(10\%,\;5^{\circ}C)$ and high salting low temperature;HSLT$(30\%,\;10^{\circ}C)$ for control. Acidity was lower, and pH was higher in VSET, in of which the fermentation pattern was similar with that of HSLT The time required to reach the optimum acidity ($0.3\%$ lactic acid) was longer delayed for VSET (168 days), than for compared to ESVT (51 days). During storage of Oiji, greenness (-a) as measured with of the Hunter color system wasshowed the highest in VSET, and the lowest while in ESVT, the lowest. Total microbial and lactic acid bacteria counts number were the lowest in HSLT and VSET and were the lowest than in other groups, while the highest in ESVT. Yeast was not detected in HSLT, but was the highest while in VSVT. E coli coliform and listeria were detected in the $5\%$ salting groups, although Salmonella was not detected in any of the all groups. Texture profile analysis demonstrated exhibited that fracturability and hardness were highest in HSLT and VSET, compared to the other groups. Scores of over-all preference for ESVT and HSLT were higher atwith 6.3 and 6.2, respectively, compared to the other products. Based on these results, lower saltiness less than $10\%$ and lower storage temperature (less than $5^{\circ}C$) condition was optimum for maximizing the better for good quality of industrial Oiji preparation in industry.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.377-386
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• 2009

The principal objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of temperature and salt concentration on the physicochemical properties of salted Chinese cabbage. Salted Chinese cabbage samples were prepared with various concentrations of salt(4, 5, 6 and 7%), and were stored for 10 days at three temperatures(8, 14, and $25^{\circ}C$). The salting ratio of Chinese cabbage evidenced a decreasing trend regardless of the salting temperature and salt concentration, and their decrement appeared relatively high as the salting temperature increased. The period required to achieve a critical salting ratio(85%) decreased with increases in the salt concentration at $25^{\circ}C$, and a similar trend was observed at lower temperatures(8 and $14^{\circ}C$). The salinity of all samples evidenced an increasing trend during the salting period, and at $25^{\circ}C$, in particular, a continuous increment was observed. At salt concentrations of 4%, the critical salinity(2.2%) was not achieved regardless of the temperature and salting period. The pH of salted Chinese cabbage achieved critical pH in 3 days at a salting temperature of $25^{\circ}C$, but the critical pH 5.5 of samples at 8 and $14^{\circ}C$ appeared after a long period of approximately 4 to 10 days. The average hardness values of salted Chinese cabbage at a salting ratio of 85% were approximately 1.49 MPa, 1.87 MPa, and 1.97 MPa, respectively, at three temperatures($25^{\circ}C$, $14^{\circ}C$, and $8^{\circ}C$). The initial reducing sugar content of cabbage juice was 11.8 mg/$m{\ell}$, and this value decreased substantially to 3 to 5 mg/$m{\ell}$ on day 1.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.7 no.4
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• pp.523-526
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• 1994

This study was carried out to examine the salting and desalting of small casings from hog and to determine the shelf-life during cold storage. The concentration of salt in the casings equilibrated with that of the added salt after 1 day for 10%, after 2 days for 20% after 7 days for 40% salting level. During desalting at 15 and $30^{\circ}C$, residual salt concentrations in the casings decreased to less than 1% after 1 hour for 10% salt, after 12 hours for 20% salt and after 24 hours for 40% salt. The total colony count of the freshly prepared casing was about log10 4.2. The initial microflora of the prepared casings was dominated by lactic acid bacteria. The higher the salting level, the greater the microbial growth was suppressed during 6 months of storage at refrigerator temperature ($4^{\circ}C$). A salt content of 20% is satisfactory if the casings are being stored for less than 1 month before being used.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.25-31
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• 2001

Characteristics (salt concentration, weight loss, soluble solid content, moisture content, pH, textural properties) of kakdugi radish cube (kakdugi radish, $2{\times}2{\times}2\;cm$) were evaluated during salting. Five different radish cultivars harvested in autumn were immersed into 10, 15 or 20% brine solution (radish : brine solution = 1 : 2) at $15^{\circ}C$ for 5hrs. The time required to reach the optimum salt concentration (3.0%) was different among cultivars; in the 10% brine solution, 5hr for 'Taeback', 4hr for 'Bakja', 3hr for 'Kwandong' and 'Bakbong', 2hr for 'Bagkwang'. Generally, it was observed that it took shorter salting time at higher concentration of brine solution. While the highest value of weight loss of kakdugi radish cubes was observed with 'Bagkwang', the lowest, 'Taeback'. There was a decrease of pH of kakdugi radish during salting; while 'Bakja' showes little change in pH, 'Bagkwang' shows large decrease of pH. Hardness and fracturability decreased during salting; the highest value of hardness was observed with 'Taeback', the lowest, 'Bagkwang' has the highest moisture content, the lowest soluble solid content and hardness. There was a similarity of characteristics of kakdugi radish cube between two cultivars, 'Taeback' and 'Bakja', as well as 'Bagkwang', and those of 'Kwandong' and 'Bakbong' were between two types of cultivars.

• Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology
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• v.22 no.4
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• pp.445-450
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• 1990

Changes in weight, volume and density of petiole tissue of Chinese cabbage during salting and blanching were investigated. Rapid changes in mass and volume occurred within 4 hours during salting in 5% salt solution and the changes were nearly completed after 8h. After salting, the reduction of mass and volume ranged between $22{\sim}27%\;and\;22{\sim}35%$, respectively. Average density of the sample was found to be 0.88g/ml, and increased to 1.020g/ml after salting. Air content of the sample ranged from 0.093 to 0.120ml/ml cabbage, and about 70% of the initial content was expelled from the tissue by salting. The changes of physical properties of the cabbage during steam blanching were similar to those during salting, but their relative values were smaller. A linearization model for physical changes during salting and blanching was proposed.

• 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.