• Journal of the East Asian Society of Dietary Life
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• v.24 no.5
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• pp.641-645
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• 2014

This study was performed to investigate the possibility of using three commercial bifidobacteria as a starter for soybean paste fermentation. In order to determine susceptibility to inhibition by high concentrations of salt in soybean paste, cell growth of three strains in sterilized soybean paste was analyzed. Bifidobacterium breve KCTC 5081 was the most resistant to salt, whereas Bifidobacterium bifidum KCTC 5082 showed low cell viability. Conversion efficiencies from glycoside isoflavone to aglycon isoflavone in soybean paste ranged from 11.3~28.6%, with Bifidobacterium longum KCTC 5734 the best strain. Therefore, B. longum KCTC 5734 may be used as a starter for Cheonggukjang fermentation, which is low-salt fermented soybean paste.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.15 no.4
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• pp.1-9
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• 1986

The mashes of soybean paste were preparea using the conventional meju fermented naturally by wild microoganisms or the new types of meju fermented by pure cultures of Aspergillus oryzae, Bacillus natto and B. subtilis to elucidate changes during the aging period. The results obtained are as follows ; The soybean paste made with conventional meiu and Asp. oryzae meju showed higher content of amino nitrogen than those of B, natto and B. subtilis meju. Soybean paste made with conventional meju contained a little more content of total and reducing sugars than other soybean pastes. ph during aging period was higher than 5.0 for the Asp. oryzae paste while less than 4.5 for B. subtilis paste. Aspartic acid. threonine, serine, glutamic acid, glycine, alanine, cystine, valine, methionne, leucine and histidine for Asp. oryzae paste ; tyrosine, arginine and proline for conventional meju paste; and isoleucine and phenylalanine for B. subtilis paste were found to be peak amount 90 days after the preparation. The content of total free amino acid was high in the order of Asp. oryzae paste, conventional paste, B. natto paste and B. subtilis paste.

• Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.443-448
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• 1992

We investigated characteristics of the taste components in traditional Korean soybean paste. The taste components in forty samples of the soybean paste were analyzed by gas chromatography, high pressure liquid chromatography and amino acid autoanalyzer and the taste of the soybean paste was investigated by sen-sory evaluation. The relationship between the taste components and sensory score was analyzed by the method of principal component analysis and stepwise multiple regression analysis. Characteristics of the traditional Korean soybean paste appeared to consist of sweet taste, palatable taste, saline taste, bitter taste and sour taste. They contribute to the characteristic taste with the contributing proportion of 25.97%, 17.84%, 8.58％, 7.79% and 3.12%, respectively.

• Microbiology and Biotechnology Letters
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• v.28 no.4
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• pp.228-232
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• 2000

The hypolipidemic effects of soybeam paste containing mycelia of Phellinus linteus, Cordyceps militaris, Ganoderma lucidum were evaluated in hyperlipidemic rats. Body weight of the rats fed with soybean paste containing mycelia of Ganoderma lucidum (ESG) were significantly lower than control group whereas, there was no significant difference in body weight in order diet groups. Food intake, food efficiency ratio, and liver and kidney weights were not significantly different among the diet groups examined. However, the spleen weight of ESG group was markedly lower than other groups. Significant decreases in serum total cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol and liver total cholesterol were also observed in all diet groups tested. All groups fed with soybean paste containing mycelia of mushroom were also observed in all diet groups tested. All groups fed with soybean paste containing mycelia of mushroom were almost equally effective in increasing plasma HDL level and decreasing the atherogenic index, whereas the ratio of HDL to total cholesterol was significantly increased in all experimental diet groups.

• Journal of Applied Biological Chemistry
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• v.52 no.4
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• pp.163-169
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• 2009

A total of 155 microbial strains were isolated from the Korean traditional soybean paste based on their morphological features on the growth of agar plate. Among the isolated strains, a total of 28 strains were capable of hydrolyzing isoflavone glycoside to isoflavone aglycone efficiently in the soybean paste. Finally, two strains, K123-1 and SI, were selected because of their resistance to 15% NaCl and ability to convert isoflavone glycoside to isoflavone aglycone efficiently during the fermentation of soybean paste. The isolated strains K123-1 and SI were identified to be Pichia guilliermondii and Candida fermentati, respectively, using the partial 26S rDNA sequence analysis and phylogenic analysis. Pichia guilliermondii K123-1 and Candida fermentati SI converted daidzin to daidzein up to 96% and 95%, respectively, and genistin to genistein up to 92% when soybean pastes were fermented at $30^{\circ}C$ for 20 days with a single isolated strain. Pichia guilliermondii K123-1 and Candida fermentati SI were able to grow in the presence of 15% NaCl on both liquid medium and agar plate. We think that Pichia guilliermondii K123-1 and Candida fermentati SI might be one of good candidates for making functional soybean paste because they are isolated from the Korean traditional soybean paste and have a good ability to convert isoflavone glycosides to isoflavone aglycones and a high salt tolerance.

• Food Science and Preservation
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• v.12 no.5
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• pp.432-435
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• 2005

In order to assess the possibility in utilizing the rice soybean paste (rice doenjang) powder as food processing materials, the quality of cookies added with 0, 1, 3, 5, and 7% of rice soybean paste powder was investigated. Lightness decreased from 74.14 to 62.83, while redness increased from 6.30 to 11.14 with increasing rice soybean paste powder contents. Hardness value of the cookies was increased from 426.29 g to 829.29 g as increasing soybean paste powder amounts from 0% to 7%. In sensory evaluation, the cookie added with 5% soybean paste powder showed the highest acceptable scores. Approximate composition of cookies containing rice soybean powder was composed with 2.4~2.7% of moisture, 6.8~7.5% of crude protein, 22.6~27.3% of crude fat, 0.8～5.5% of crude fiber and 0.5~1.1% of crude ash.

• Culinary science and hospitality research
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.298-306
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• 2010

This study was conducted to develop soybean paste sauce with walnuts and sesame seeds and apply it to cooked spinach to examine the applicability of the sauce. Two factors of soybean paste sauce, soybean paste and glutinous rice paste, were need to decide the quantity of the ingredients. Nine soybean paste sauces were produced with various compounding ratio of soybean paste and glutinous rice paste, and color, viscosity and sensory evaluations were performed. Sensory evaluations were measured by 7-point Likert scale. Color($4.08{\pm}1.22$), taste($4.72{\pm}1.24$), viscosity($4.96{\pm}1.39$) and overall quality($4.24{\pm}1.51$) of the sample(soybean paste 400 g, glutinous rice paste 400 g) got the highest scores. Therefore, the sample(soybean paste 400 g, glutinous rice paste 400 g) was applied to cooked spinach. Cooked spinach using developed sauce and cooked spinach using general soybean paste were prepared and performed sensory evaluation. As a result, all sensory items score of cooked spinach using developed sauce were higher than that using general soybean paste. Especially, taste($4.96{\pm}1.15$) and overall quality($0{\pm}1.16$) of cooked spinach using developed sauce were significantly higher than taste($4.38{\pm}1.53$) and overall quality($3.56{\pm}1.53$) of cooked spinach using commercial soybean paste(p<0.05). Consequently, the applicability of soybean paste sauce using natural seeds was confirmed.

• Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences
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• v.27 no.8
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• pp.1174-1180
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• 2014

This study was done to investigate the quality properties of beef jerky with soy sauce, red pepper paste, and soybean paste replacing salt. Sliced beef samples were cured in salt (control), soy sauce, red pepper paste, and soybean paste for 24 or 48 h and then dried at $70^{\circ}C$ for 8 h. Treatments showed higher final moisture content and lower $Na^+$ concentration than the control after drying for 8 h. The lightness and shear force values were lower in all treatment samples than in the control during 48 h of curing time. In particular, lower lipid oxidation was found in the jerky cured with red pepper paste than in the control. Sensory evaluation showed that color, flavor, and tenderness of jerky samples were improved by replacing salt with soy sauce, red pepper paste and soybean paste, and higher likeability scores of the beef jerky were obtained among those treatments after 48 h of curing time.

• Food Science of Animal Resources
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.405-410
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• 2004

This study was performed to investigate the antioxidative activity of soybean products extracts using 1, 1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and thiobarbituric acid (TBA) method for application of animal products. All three extracts (natto, soybean paste, soybean milk extract) were found to have an ability to donate hydrogen to DPPH. Especially, natto and soybean paste extract were more effective than that of soybean milk on the antioxidative activities. Natto and soybean paste extract were stronger than butylhydroxy toluene (BHT), butyl hydroxyl anisole (BHA) (5${\times}$10$^{-4}$ M) and ascorbic acid (5.7${\times}$10$^{-3}$ M) previously well known as antioxidants. These extracts also showed a synergistic effect. TBA values of natto (45.8％) and soybean paste extract (45.2％) were stronger than that of soybean milk extract (33.6％). These results suggest that soybean product extracts have antioxidative activities and synergistic effects.

• The Korean Journal of Food And Nutrition
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• v.20 no.1
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• pp.34-39
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• 2007

Microbiological and sensory evaluations were performed on bio-soybean paste treated with citron and immobilized microorganisms from Bifidobacterium animalis DY 64. Aerobic microorganisms in bio-soybean paste stored at room temperature, initially, significantly increased(p<0.05) during 15 days of storage. However, a subsequent, slight decrease(p<0.05) was observed after 30 days. Food pathogens such as Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were not detected in the bio-soybean paste throughout the storage days. Bio-soybean paste treated with 3.0${\sim}$7.0% citron combined with 10% immobilized microorganisms increased consumer acceptance relating odor and flavor. In conclusion, soybean paste treated with citron and immobilized microorganisms from Bifidobacterium animalis could be used as a viable health food with respect to enhancing consumer acceptance.