본 실험에서는 냉동 새우(Litopenaeus vannamei)를 4oC에서 12일동안 저온 저장하며, 키토산 코팅과 천연보존제의 병행처리(0.05% carvacrol, 0.05% thymol)가 미생물(중 온균, 저온균, Pseudomonas spp., H2S 생성균)의 성장과 새우의 이화학적 특징(총 휘발성 질소화합물, pH) 및 관능적 품질(외관, 냄새, 전반적 수용도)에 미치는 영향을 살펴보았다. 키토산 코팅과 carvacrol 병행 처리, 키토산 코팅과 thymol 병행 처리는 모든 대상 미생물의 성장을 억제하였고 특히 중온균, 저온균, H2S 생성균의 경우 실험 의 마지막 날인 12일째까지 유의적인 항균효과(p < 0.05)를 보였다. 이 처리구들은 총 휘발성 질소화합물과 관능적 특성(외관, 냄새, 전반적 수용도)에서도 12일째까지 유의적인 차이(p < 0.05)를 보였으나 pH에서는 유의적 차이 가 없었다. 따라서 키토산 코팅과 carvacrol 병행 처리, 키토산 코팅과 thymol 병행 처리는 새우의 주요 부패 미생 물의 성장을 효과적으로 억제하는 것으로 보이며 냉장 새우의 유통기간 연장에 활용할 수 있을 것으로 보여진다.

This study was carried out to investigate the characteristics of the quality of bread containing Red Ginseng Jung Kwa by-product, added in ratios of 0, 10, 20 and 30% of flour. It was found in dough and bread containing red ginseng Jung Kwa by-product that dough and loaf volume, specific loaf volume, baking loss, and pH decreased with an increasing amount of red ginseng Jung Kwa by-product. In addition, loaf weight and hardness were also reduced. In particular, hardness appeared to be 2.18 times higher for bread containing 30% Red Ginseng Jung Kwa by-product as compared to the amounts found in the control. For color, increasing the amount of Red Ginseng Jung Kwa by-product reduced the L value, whereas the a and b values were increased. In the sensory evaluation, the highest overall preference score was observed in the bread containing 20% red ginseng Jung Kwa by-product, whereas the lowest score was found in the control (no red ginseng Jung Kwa by-product added). It was concluded that pan bread containing red ginseng Jung Kwa by-product could be prepared with good acceptability, and that its optimum concentrate was found to be 20% of flour.

In this study, we optimized the coffee extraction conditions for instant coffee production in two stage percolators, which is the most common coffee extractor for instant coffee production. A central composite design was used to build mathematical model equations for response surface methodology (RSM). In these equations, the yield and overall acceptability of the coffee extracts were expressed as second-order functions of three factors, the feed water temperature, draw-off factor (DOF), and extraction time (cycle time). Based on the result of RSM, the optimum conditions were obtained with the use of desirability function approach (DFA) which find the best compromise area among multiple options. The optimum extraction conditions to maximize the yield and overall acceptability over 40% of yield were found with 163℃ of feed water temperature, 4.3 of DOF and 27 minutes of extraction time (cycle time). These results provide a basic data for the coffee extraction conditions for the competitive instant coffee in the industry.

Probiotic functional foods are known to have various functional effects such as intestinal regulation, modulation of immune system, reduction of allergies, and lowering of cholesterol. The purpose of this study was to select probiotic strain that is most suitable for freeze-dried coffee for the development of functional coffee products. The survival rate of probiotics, at drinking condition of coffee, at acid, at bile and after freeze-dried in coffee were measured on 1 strain isolated from commercial freeze-dried coffee, 8 strains used as fermented milk starter, 1 Bifidobacterium and 1 Bacillus coagulans. Bacillus coagulans showed the highest survival rate from 2.4×107 cfu/g to 2.0×107 cfu/g especially after freeze-drying. The results at drinking condition of coffee, at acid tolerance, at bile tolerance and at storage test showed significantly better survival rate of Bacillus coagulans than that of control (Lactobacillus casei). Especially, Bacillus coagulans showed 3.8-fold higher survival rate at acid tolerance (pH 1, 120 minutes) than control. Thus, the lactic acid-producing Bacillus coagulans is characterized as a probiotic strain suitable for functional coffee formulation and commercialization.