This study was conducted to optimize the conditions of a sweet rice paste as a replacement of red bean paste recipe using the central composite design of response surface methodology (RSM). Ten experimental recipes with two reference points (rice flour and sugar), were selected, and the physical and sensory characteristics of a sweet rice paste were measured. In the Rapid Visco Analyzer test, breakdown value was the highest in rice flour (105.73 RVU). Sweetness significantly increased with addition of sugar contents (p<0.0002) and viscosity increased with addition of rice flour contents (p<0.0185). Moisture contents decreased with increasing contents of rice flour and sugar, whereas yellowness and redness tend to increase. In the sensory evaluation test, quadratic models for color (p<0.01865), sweetness (p<0.0399), thickness (p<0.0073), and overall acceptability (p<0.0249) were approved as independent for the rice flour and sugar contents. In conclusion, the optimal mixing ratio of sweet rice paste was determined to be 45.38 g of rice flour and 77.95 g of sugar.

팥앙금과 설탕 및 물엿을 혼합한 모델용액에서 물엿농도 및 가열조건에 따른 팥앙금 호화액의 당 및 아미노산 함량의 동적변화를 모니터링 하였다. 중심합성계획에 의해 유리당 함량을 측정한 결과, 갈변반응이 심하게 발생한 실험구에서 glucose와 fructose의 함량이 높고, maltose의 함량이 낮게 나타났다. 또한 팥앙금 호화액의 amino acid 함량을 분석한 결과, total amino acid 함량은 가열온도에 가장 많은 영향을 받았고,