Quality characteristics of string cheese added with red ginseng powder

According to health functional food law in Korea, red ginseng is classified as a health functional ingredient. In order to establish the optimal manufacturing condition of red ginseng string cheese, red ginseng powder was added to string cheese in different manufacturing processes which are raw milk before pasteurization (T1), curd before stretching (T2), and hot water for stretching curd (T3), respectively. After 2 weeks of storage period, the hardness of control cheese was lowest and decreased, as compared to 0 week, while the hardness of all string cheese with red ginseng powder was maintained (p