Chemical Characterization of Commercial Vinegars

식초의 종류별 화학성분의 특징

Fourty-two commercial vinegars were analyzed for their non-volatile organic acids, free sugars. amino acids, and volatile compounds. A study was made to characterize commercial vinegars chemically into three kinds of vinegars such as spirit, cider, and brown rice vinegars. Sixteen chemical components were significantly effective for the chemical characterization of commercial vinegars by stepwise discriminant analysis. Those were malic, succinic and lactic acids from the non-volatile organic acids; fructose and glucose from the free sugars; lysine, serine, leucine, valine and alanine from the amino acids; 1-hexanol, acetaldehyde, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 2-methylpropanoic acid, isopropyl butanoate and ethanol from the volatile compounds. Six components including malic acid, lysine, succinic acid, glucose, lactic acid and 1-hexanol were the most significant contributors to the differentiation of commercial vinegars into spirit, cider, and brown rice vinegars. In particular, cider vinegars could be characterized to be abundant in amounts of malic acid and 1-hexanol, whereas brown rice vinegars in amounts of lysine and lactic acid compared to spirit vinegars.

국내외에서 구입한 42개의 식초 시료에 대해 비휘발성 유기산, 당, 아미노산, 휘발성 성분들을 종합적으로 분석하여 화학 성분에 의한 양조, 사과, 현미식초의 차별화 가능성을 검토하였다. 비휘발성 유기산으로는 malic, succinic 및 lactic acid, 당 성분으로는 fructose와 glucose, 아미노산으로는 lysine, serine, leucine, valine 및 alanine, 휘발성 성분으로는 1-hexanol, acetaldehyde, 3-methyl-1-butanol, 2-methylpropanoic acid, isopropyl butanoate 및 ethanol이 식초의 종류별 차별화에 유용한 성분으로 밝혀졌다. 이러한 열 여섯 종의 성분들 중에서도 malic acid, lysine, succinic acid, glucose, lactic acid 및 1-hexanol을 식초의 차별화에 가장 크게 기여하는 화학 성분으로 정의할 수 있었다. 양조식초는 특징적인 성분이 없었으며, 사과식초는 malic acid와 1-hexanol이, 현미식초는 lysine과 lactic acid의 함량이 다른 종류의 식초에 비해 많은 것이 특징이었다.