• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제34권4호
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• pp.482-495
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• 2014

The objectives of this study were to know the effect of repeated freeze-thaw cycles of beef on the sensory, physicochemical quality and microbiological assessment. The effects of three successive freeze-thaw cycles on beef forelimb were investigated comparing with unfrozen fresh beef for 75 d by keeping at $-20{\pm}1^{\circ}C$. The freeze-thaw cycles were subjected to three thawing methods and carried out to know the best one. As the number of freeze-thaw cycles increased color and odor declined significantly before cook within the cycles and tenderness, overall acceptability also declined among the cycles after cook by thawing methods. The thawing loss increased and dripping loss decreased significantly (p<0.05). Water holding capacity (WHC) increased (p<0.05) until two cycles and then decreased. Cooking loss increased in cycle 1 and 3, but decreased in cycle 2. pH decreased significantly (p<0.05) among the cycles. Moreover, drip loss, cooking loss and WHC were affected (p<0.05) by thawing methods within the cycles. 2-Thiobarbituric acid (TBARS) value increased (p<0.05) gradually within the cycles and among the cycles by thawing methods. Total viable bacteria, total coliform and total yeast-mould count decreased significantly (p<0.05) within and among the cycles in comparison to the initial count in repeated freeze-thaw cycles. As a result, repeated freeze-thaw cycles affected the sensory, physicochemical and microbiological quality of beef, causing the deterioration of beef quality, but improved the microbiological quality. Although repeated freeze-thaw cycles did not affect much on beef quality and safety but it may be concluded that repeated freeze and thaw should be minimized in terms of beef color for commercial value and WHC and tenderness/juiciness for eating quality.

• 한국식생활문화학회지
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• 제21권4호
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• pp.426-432
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• 2006

This study was conducted to investigate the changes in quality characteristics of frozen maesil according to thawing methods. The quality of maesil thawed in microwave oven was superior to those thaw in refrigerating temperature(5 $^{\circ}$) and in room temperature(25 $^{\circ}$). Drip loss of maesil thawed in microwave oven was 3.2${\pm}$0.2%. The total content of free sugars of maesil was 426.6 mg%, and 3% of them was decreased during thawing in microwave oven. The total content of organic acids was 5,297.2 mg%, and 2.5% of them was decreased during thawing in microwave oven. The total content of free amino acids was 281.4 mg%, and 2.1% of them was decreased during thawing in microwave oven. The principle ingredients of frozen maesil was stand for the lost contents of free sugar and a content loss of free organic acid and free amino acid were the fewest by thawing. Antioxidant effect for soybean oil and linoleic acid of maesil extract were expressd POV and TBA values. Antioxidative activity of fresh maesil extract was highest followed by maesil thawed in microwave oven, thawed in refreezing temperature (5$^{\circ}$)and room temperature (25$^{\circ}$)

• 동력기계공학회지
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• 제10권2호
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• pp.62-67
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• 2006

The maintenance of continuity on food processing has created a need for the rapid reinstatement of many types of frozen fish to an ambient temperature and good condition. A number of thawing methods are in current use have also several disadvantages in thawing time. discoloration mass loss caused by drying, capital and running cost. These damages are, it is claimed, either eliminated or improves by the vacuum system. An experimental study on the thawing for hair tail and Yellow croaker by the vacuum system were carried out. The Yellow croaker thawing time with this vacuum system took out 170 minutes to reach from $-10.3^{\circ}C\;to\;-0.8^{\circ}C$ at 20mmHg abs. and hair tail thawing time 220 minutes to reach from $-12.2^{\circ}C\;to\;0^{\circ}C$ at 20mmHg abs.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제33권6호
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• pp.723-729
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• 2013

In this study, the quality characteristics due to the influence of various thawing methods on electro-magnetic and air blast frozen beef were examined. The loin and round of second grade Hanwoo were sliced into 5-7 cm thickness and packed with aerobic packaging. The packaged beef samples, which were frozen by air blast freezing at $-45^{\circ}C$ and electro-magnetic freezing at $-55^{\circ}C$, were thawed by 4 thawing methods with refrigeration ($4{\pm}1^{\circ}C$), room temperature (RT, $25^{\circ}C$), cold water ($15^{\circ}C$), and microwave (2450 MHz). These samples were thawed to the point, which were core temperature reached $0^{\circ}C$. Analyses were carried out to determine drip and cooking loss, water holding capacity (WHC), moisture contents and sensory evaluation. Frozen beef thawed by microwave indicated a lower drip loss (0.66-2.01%) than the other thawing methods (0.80-2.50%). Cooking loss after electro-magnetic freezing indicated 52.0% by microwave thawing for round compared with 41.8% by refrigeration, 50.1% by RT, and 50.8% by cold water. WHC thawing by microwave with electro-magnetic freezing didn't showed any difference depending on the thawing methods, while moisture contents was higher thawing by microwave with electro-magnetic freezing than refrigeration (71.9%), RT (75.0%), and cold water (74.9%) for round. The texture of sensory evaluation for round thawed by microwave result was the highest than refrigeration (4.7 point), RT (6.4 point) and cold water (6.6 point), while sensory evaluation was no significant difference. Therefore, it was shown that microwave thawing is an appropriate way to reduce the deterioration of meat quality due to freezing.

• Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.280-288
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• 2003

We need refrigeration system which can maintain the freshness of agricultural products, because of being distance from a tiller to a consumer. Vacuum Pre-cooling system has an advantage in quality maintenance through vapid cooling down by using latent heat of evaporation of stored products. A number or thawing methods in current use have also several disadvantages in thawing time. discoloration mass loss caused by drying, capital costs and running cost. These damages are, it is claimed, either eliminated or improved by the vacuum thawing system. An experimental study on the pre-cooling for the bean sprouts and cabbage, and thawing for hairtail and croaker by the low temperature vacuum system were carried out. The cabbage cooling time with this Pre-cooling vacuum system took about 60 minutes to reach from $23.2^{circ}C to 4.5^{\circ}C$ at 5 mmHg abs. ($6.66\times10^{-4}$ MPa). The croaker thawing time with this low temperature vacuum thawing system took about 170 minutes to reach from $-10.3^{circ}C to -0.8^{\circ}C$ at 20 mmHg abs ($2.67\tiems10^{-3}$MPa). The vacuum Pre-cooling and thawing system have merits compared with present systems in their short intervals to cool down and to thaw without any quality losses.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제18권2호
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• pp.142-148
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• 1998

This study was conducted to investigate the quality change of beef muscle, which was thawed by different thawing rate in order to utilize it as fundamental data for establishing optimal and thawing condition. Chilled beef round which was purchased at a commercial market was used. The samples were frozen for 30min(time required to pas through the maximal ice forming zone, -1$^{\circ}C$∼-7$^{\circ}C$) and the thawing conditions were 3.9cm/hr, 0.21cm/hr, 0.13cm/hr. Thawing losses of rapidly thawed meat(3.9cm/hr) were significantly(p＜0.05) lower(6.10%), but cooking and total losses were the highest as 48.17% and 56.44%, respectively(p＜0.05). Characteristics such as color, flavor, texture and overall quality at different the thawing rates showed similar scores, but slightly increased after storage for 24hr. Juiciness of rapidly thawed meat was significantly(p＜0.05) higher than that compared to the other thawing rates.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.88-97
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• 2023

본 연구는 다양한 해동 조건에서 해동된 돈육의 품질 특성을 비교 분석하여 식육 가공 산업에서 필수적으로 사용되는 해동 공정 개선 및 새로운 해동 설비를 구축하기 위한 기초 자료를 마련하고자 수행되었다. 냉동육(돈육 전지)을 실온 해동(room temp-thawing: 20℃, under air), 저온냉장 해동(low temp-thawing: 4℃ refrigerator, under air), 침수 해동(water thawing: 20℃, water in a vacuum bag), 전자레인지 해동(microwave thawing: microwave-thawing, 260 W), 감압 텀블링 해동(low pressure-tumbling: 20℃, 0.015 bar, tumbling)으로 각각 해동하여 이에 따른 해동 및 품질 특성을 분석하였다. 냉동 돈육의 내부중심온도가 -6℃에서 0℃에 도달하는 시간을 총 해동 시간으로 했을 때, 감압 텀블링 해동의 해동 시간이 20분으로 가장 짧았고, 냉장 해동이 840분으로 가장 긴 것으로 확인되었다. 해동으로 인한 냉동 돈육의 드립 손실(%)은 감압 텀블링 해동에서 0.15%로 가장 낮은 값을 보였으며, 침수 해동에서 가장 많은 드립(1.16%)이 발생되었다. 해동 시간에 큰 차이를 보임에도 불구하고, 해동 돈육의 pH는 해동 조건에 따라 유의적인 차이를 보이지 않은 반면, 해동 육의 총균수와 대장균군 모두 감압 텀블링 해동에서 가장 낮았다. 해동 돈육의 색도(L, a, b)는 해동 방법에 따라 유의적인 차이를 보였으나, 육안으로는 두드러진 차이를 관찰하기 어려웠다. 해동 돈육의 보수력은 감압 텀블러 해동(94.5%)과 침수 해동(94.2%)이 유의적인 차이 없이 높은 보수력을 보였으며, 다음으로 실온 해동(92.2%), 저온냉장 해동(89.4%), 전자레인지 해동(87.2%) 순으로 유의적으로 보수력이 감소하였다. 본 실험은 해동 방법에 따라 냉동 돈육의 품질 특성 및 가공 효율성이 크게 달라지는 것을 보여주었으며, 특히 재래식 해동법에 비해 감압 텀블링 해동 방식이 드립 감량율, 보수력, 미생물 생육도, 해동 속도 등을 비교할 때 가장 우수한 해동 방법이 될 것으로 보인다. 본 연구 결과는 향후 텀블링 방식의 해동기 개발 및 산업화를 위한 기초 자료로 활용할 수 있을 것이다.

• 한국식품저장유통학회지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.227-232
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• 2007

홍고추를 원료형태에 따라 원형, 세절, 분쇄로 제조하여 $-5^{\circ}C,\;-20^{\circ}C$ 및 $-40^{\circ}C$ 저장고에 보관하였다. 고추의 표면색도는 저장온도 조건에 따라 저장일수가 증가할수록 약간 감소하는 경향을 보였으며, 비타민 C 함량은 원형 홍고추가 세절고추나 분쇄고추보다 저장기간 동안 완만하게 감소하는 경향을 보였다. 저장온도별로는 $-40^{\circ}C$ 저장군에서 비타민 C 함량이 가장 높게 유지되었으며, $-5^{\circ}C$ 저장군에서 저장 2개월째 50% 이하로 급격히 감소하였다. 유리당 함량은 저장일수가 증가할수록 모든 처리구에서 저장 2개월까지 약간 증가하다가 점차적으로 감소하였으며 $-5^{\circ}C$ 저장온도 처리군에서의 감소변화가 $-20^{\circ}C,\;-40^{\circ}C$ 저장온도 처리군보다 심하게 나타났다. 냉동고추를 실온 해동시 드립로스의 양이 냉장 해동, microwave oven 해동시보다 약 2배 가까이 드립로스양이 발생하였으며, 표면색도는 고온 해동시 갈색화가 심하게 나타났다. 해동조건에 따른 냉동고추의 성분 변화는 냉장 해동과 microwave oven 해동시 가장 적게 나타났으며, 해동 시간을 고려한다면 microwave oven 해동이 가장 실용적인 방법이라고 여겨진다.

• 농업과학연구
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• 제48권4호
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• pp.739-751
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• 2021

The thawing process is usually essential for imported pork because this product is typically distributed frozen. Consumers prefer fresh pork because discoloration, nutrient spills, and microbial contamination are high during the thawing process. The illegal act of selling frozen pork by disguising it as fresh pork through various methods can occur for the benefit of the difference in the sales price. However, there is some difficulty in securing systematic and objective data, as sensory tests are generally performed on imported pork. In the experiment conducted here, the electrical conductivity and dielectric properties of pork neck and pork belly products were measured. The amounts of change before and after freezing were compared through a statistical analysis, and a new method for determining frozen meat was proposed based on the analysis results. The weight was reduced compared to that before freezing due to the outflow of drips from the thawing process, but there was no difference in the drip loss level due to the thawing method. Vacuum packaging was found to lead to more drip loss than regular packaging, but the difference was not statistically significant. Frozen pork neck meat can be determined by measuring the electrical conductivity in the lean parts and the dielectric characteristic in the fatty parts. Frozen pork belly is determined by measuring the dielectric constant of the part closest to the outer fat layer.

• 한국축산식품학회지
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• 제34권6호
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• pp.777-783
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• 2014

This study investigated the effect of various freezing and thawing techniques on the quality of beef. Meat samples were frozen using natural convection freezing (NF), individual quick freezing (IQF), or cryogenic freezing (CF) techniques, followed by natural convection thawing (NCT) or running water thawing (RT). The meat was frozen until the core temperature reached $-12^{\circ}C$ and then stored at $-24^{\circ}C$, followed by thawing until the temperature reached $5^{\circ}C$. Quality parameters, such as the pH, water binding properties, CIE color, shear force, and microstructure of the beef were elucidated. Although the freezing and thawing combinations did not cause remarkable changes in the quality parameters, rapid freezing, in the order of CF, IQF, and NF, was found to minimize the quality deterioration. In the case of thawing methods, NCT was better than RT and the meat quality was influence on the thawing temperature rather than the thawing rate. Although the microstructure of the frozen beef exhibited an excessive loss of integrity after the freezing and thawing, it did not cause any remarkable change in the beef quality. Taken together, these results demonstrate that CF and NCT form the best combination for beef processing; however, IQF and NCT may have practical applications in the frozen food industry.