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Effect of Fermentation Temperature on the Volatile Composition of Kimchi
Author(s) -
Hong Sang Pil,
Lee Eun Joo,
Kim Young Ho,
Ahn Dong Uk
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/1750-3841.13517
Subject(s) - chemistry , fermentation , dimethyl disulfide , food science , titratable acid , ripening , propenyl , sulfur , aldehyde , composition (language) , chromatography , organic chemistry , linguistics , philosophy , catalysis
This study was conducted to evaluate the effect of fermentation temperature on the volatile composition in Kimchi. Kimchi was fermented at 2 temperature conditions (4 and 20 °C). Volatile compounds of Kimchi samples were analyzed during the fermentation periods using the dynamic headspace gas chromatography‐mass spectrometry method. The optimum ripening time for the Kimchi fermented at 4 °C was 35 d, and that of 20 °C was 2 d. The pH at the optimum ripening time was 4.97 and 4.41, and the titratable acidity was 0.59% and 0.76% for the Kimchi fermented at 4 and 20 °C, respectively. Forty different types of volatile compounds, including alcohol, aldehyde, ester, and sulfur compounds, were identified. The Kimchi fermented at 20 °C produced greater amounts of volatile compounds than that at 4 °C. The amounts of most volatiles increased as the fermentation time increased, but those of aldehydes decreased rapidly during both 4 and 20 °C fermentation. Organic acids, ester, and nitriles were detected only in Kimchi fermented at 20 °C. The amounts of dimethyl disulfide, methyl‐2‐propenyl disulfide, and di‐2‐propenyl disulfide produced from the Kimchi fermented at 20 °C were more than 2‐times of those at 4 °C. Therefore, it is concluded that the strong pungent odor of Kimchi fermented at 20° C is probably due to the high amount of organic acids (low pH) and sulfur compounds (dimethyl disulfide, methyl‐2‐propenyl disulfide, and di‐2‐propenyl disulfide) between the 2 Kimchi.