Gochujang samples with essential oils were evaluated for sensory including taste and, smell during various storage periods with the aim of developing improved high value-added products. The sensory testing was performed on Gochujang with 0.005% Zanthoxylum piperitum and Chrysanthemum indicum essential oils, extracted through steam distillation. During storage at 4 and 20℃ for 8 weeks, sensory testing was performed at 0, 1, 2, 4 and 8 weeks by trained panelists. Overall quality decreased in Gochujang samples containing Z.piperitum essential oil and increased in samples containing Cindicum essential oil, at 4 and 20℃. Samples stored at 4℃ were quality more then those stored at 20℃. Sensory evaluation was highest for Gochujang with Cindicum essential oil stored at 4℃. It is concluded that functional Gochujang can be developed by adding small quantities of essential oils. Increasing the amount of essential oil added is likely to affect the innate taste and flavor of Gochujang.

• Jieun Seo(Plant Resources Research Institute, Duksung Women's University)
• Mi-Sook Chung(Department of F ood and Nutrition, Duksung Women's University)
• Gun-Hee Kim(Plant Resources Research Institute, Duksung Women's University) Corresponding author