Sweet potato-malt worts were prepared by using sweet potato paste of Shinyulmi and Shinjami as the main adjunct, enzymes, malt, hop, and water. We brewed low-malt beers of the lager- or ale-type by using these worts and inoculating bottom and top fermenting yeast, respectively. Moreover, the componential and functional characteristics of the resulting beers were evaluated. During saccharification of sweet potato, the addition of an enzyme agent containing α-amylase caused an improvement in filterability and an increase of total sugar. The sugar content of sweet potato-malt wort which was prepared by the addition of 0.1% enzyme agent containing α-amylase and a three-step infusion procedure was 13.5 °Brix adequate for beer brewing. The polyphenol and anthocyanin contents of Shinjami beer were increased with increasing content of the paste, and also increased DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging activities. But in Shinyulmi beer it were decreased. A strong correlation was obserbed between antioxidave activities and polyphenol and anthocyanin contents of sweet potato beers. In all lager- and ale-type low-malt beers using 41.6% of Shinjami pastes, sensory attributes very similar to those of 100% malt beer were obtained and they were very good as they had unique red color.

고구마 경엽을 식품소재로 활용하기 위해 신황미, 하얀미, 스이오우를 수확시기(60, 90, 120일) 및 마디별(1~5, 6~10, 11~15마디)로 채취, 동결건조한 후 분쇄하여 L값과 총 폴리페놀 함량, DPPH 라디칼 소거 활성을 측정하였다. 그 결과, 신황미는 하얀미, 스이오우에 비해 높은 폴리페놀 함량과 DPPH 라디칼 소거 활성을 나타냈으며, 이는 재배기간이 길수록 정상의 순에 가까울수록 높았다. 90일 동안 재배한 후 1~10마디의 경엽을 채취, 2단계 열풍건조법으로 제조한 신황미, 하얀미, 스이오우 경엽 분말의 총 아미노산 함량은 각각 2,469, 3,384, 2,531 mg/100 g, 총 무기물 함량은 각 7.23, 6.54, 7.11 g/100 g, 총당은 각 11.6, 12.8, 18.2 g/100 g, 비타민 E 함량은 3.04, 3.18, 1.52 mg/100 g이었다. 또한 총 폴리페놀 함량은 각각 5.03, 3.90, 4.02 mg/g, β-카로티노이드는 75.6, 71.6, 63.1 mg/g이었고, DPPH 라디칼 소거 활성(EC50)은 각각 0.29, 0.36, 0.33 mg, ABTS 라디칼 소거 활성(EC50)은 0.12, 0.15, 0.11 mg으로 시금치보다 2배 이상 강한 활성을 나타내었다.