Physical Measurement of Color Changes in Foods

식품(食品)의 색도변화(色度變化) 측정법(測定法)

The tools and techniques for measuring the spectral distribution of light emitted by, transmitted by, or reflected from food surfaces are described for determining the extent to which original natural color is preserved in processing and subsequent storage of foods. Color differences may be evaluated indirectly in terms of some physical characteristic of the sample or extracted fraction thereof that is largely responsible for the color characteristics. For evaluation more directly in terms of what the observer actually seen, color differences are measured by reflectance spectrophotometry and photoelectric colorimetry and expressed as differences in psychophysical indexes such as luminous reflectance and chromaticity. The standard system, against which other systems could be compared, is the one recommended by the International Committee on illumination and which is based on the 'standard observer', which is a simulated standard eye, consisting of three primary color filters Z, with X being essentially amber in color, Y, green and Z, blue. Any spectrophotometric curve of reflectance obtained from the surface of an object can be integrated in terms of X, Y and Z. Psychophysical notation may be converted by standard methods to the colorimetrically more descriptive terms of Munsell hue, value and chroma.

식품이 가지고 있는 고유한 색깔은 소비자의 기호성 또는 영양학적 가치의 지표가 될 수 있으며 가공 및 저장처리조건에 따른 식품의 중요한 인자로 작용 할 수 있다. 따라서, 본 실험에서는 식물성 식품재료의 품종, 성숙도, 성장조건(온도, 수분. 제조공정 별)에 따른 Surface color change를 color & color difference meter와 Munsell disc 색도계(色度計)로 X, Y, Z값을 측정하고 공식에 의하여 Y(one of variation in luminous reflectance), x, y(chromaticity)를 구하여 이로부터 작성한 색도좌표상에서 식품의 색상(hue) 및 강도(chroma)를 산출하여 식품의 색도 변화를 검토하였다. 이와 같이 color & color difference meter와 같은 reflectometer를 이용하여 얻은 data를 중심으로 각각의 chromaticity diagram을 작성, 식품의 저장 및 가공처리별 색도변화를 측정하여 이것을 토대로 식품 품질의 특성을 판정할 수 있는 좋은 기초자료를 얻을 수 있었다.