Survey of Research Papers on the Sensory Evaluation of Kimchi

관능검사에 의한 김치의 품질평가방법에 관한 실태조사: $1970{\sim}1995$년 학회지 게재논문 분석

The purpose of this study is focused on the quality of Kimchi by sensory evaluation in 67 research papers published by 8 kinds of food & nutrition related Korean journals from $1970{\sim}1995$. The results are summarized as follows : 1) Among 126 research papers on Kimchi, sensory evaluation results were shown in 67 papers. 2) The numbers of panelists for sensory evaluation were $10{\sim}12$ in 32 papers, $7{\sim}9$ in 15 papers, and $4{\sim}6$ in 6 papers. 3) The method of sensory evaluation applied was scoring test in all 67 papers. Among them, 25 papers utilized 5-points scale, 16 papers 9-points scale, and 11 papers 7-points scale evaluation. 4) Evaluated sensory characteristics were taste, texture, odor, appearance & color, and others. Sourness, salty, and carbonic taste in taste; hardness, crispness, and toughness in texture; moldy, acidic, and grassy odor in odor were the most frequently tested characteristics. 5) Fermentation/storage periods, fermentation/storage temperature, and concentration of salt/time of soaking in salt solution were the most frequently tested variables. 6) To evaluate the statistical difference, 31 papers applied F-test, and 9 papers were applied Duncan's multiple range test to determine which samples are significantly different from others. In 6 papers, correlation coefficients were calculated between sensory evaluation scores and the results of mechanical determinations.