Quality Characteristics of Fermented Pork with Korean Traditional Seasonings

This study was carried out to evaluate the quality characteristics of the fermented pork with Korean traditional seasonings. The samples, outside muscle of pork ham were cut to cube(7 × 12 × 2cm) and five Korean traditional seasonings such as garlic paste(T1), pickled Kimchi(T2), pickled Kimchi juice(T3), soybean paste(T4), red pepper paste(T5) were seasoned by the proportions of meat to seasonings(1 : 1). The seasoned samples were fermented at 1 ± 1 for 20 days. According to proximate composition analysis, all pork samples contained protein 20 22%, fat 3 5%, moisture 64 70% and ash 1.8 2.0%. However, T5 had high crude fat level and relatively low moisture content. The highest pH among treatments was shown in T1 whereas T3 showed the lowest. Water holding capacity(WHC) of T4 and T5 were higher, while those values were lower in T3 compared with other treatment. Shear force value was the highest in T5, while it was the lowest in T4. TBARS value of T3 was the highest, while that was the lowest in T4. Moreover the highest VBN value was observed in T4 due to fermentation of soy protein. However, the lowest VBN value shown in T1 indicated the inhibition of protein degradation by the garlic. The highest saccarinity was shown in T5 but it was the lowest of in T3. Salinity was shown to be high in T2 and low in T5. L* values of T4 was higher both at the surface and inner side of samples than the others but T5 showed the lowest value. T2 showed the highest a* value but T4 and T5 showed the lowest. In the result of sensory evaluation for cooked meat, T5 had the highest score in all item including overall acceptability, while T4 had the lowest score. Unsaturated fatty acid(UFA) ratio of T5 and T2 were 72.16 and 69.93 respectively, and the ratio of UFA/Saturated fatty acid(SFA) were higher in the order of T5 > T4 > T3 > T1 > T2. Overall quality characteristics were higher in the order of T5 > T2 > T1 > T4 > T3.