There are about 15,000 kinds of mushrooms found worldwide and 2,000 kinds of edible mushrooms. There are about 1,500 kinds of mushrooms native to Korea, among which about 300 kinds of edible mushrooms are counted. In Korea, mainly Lentinus edodes (shiitake mushroom), Tricholoma matsutake (pine mushroom), and Sarcodon aspratus (Neungi mushroom) are edible, and they are imported from China due to insufficient production. The purpose of this study was to compare the nutritional quality of Chinese and Korean frozen Tricholoma matsutake and Sarcodon aspratus. The crude fat content of frozen Tricholoma matsutake was 1.1 ~ 1.5% in Chinese and 0.5% in Korea. Korea products were lower than Chinese ones. The content of crude protein in Chinese was 16.4 ~ 20.9% and that of Korea was 21.2%. In crude ash content, there are some differences between regions. The crude protein content of frozen Sarcodon aspratus was 18.9% in Chinese and 19.4% in Korea. The crude fat content was 1.2% in Chinese and 0.9% in Korea. There was no significant difference in the contents of crude ash.

• A-ro Cho(Department of Food Science and Technology, Sunchon National University)
• So-mang Kim(Department of Food Science and Technology, Sunchon National University)
• Jun-Ki Park(Jangheung Research Institute for Mushroom Industry)
• Kyung-je Kim(Jangheung Research Institute for Mushroom Industry)
• Seung-Bin Im(Jangheung Research Institute for Mushroom Industry)
• Jung-beom Kim(Department of Food Science and Technology, Sunchon National University)