Table 1. Quality characteristics and kimchi processability of kimchi cabbages
Cultivars | Head | Trimming loss (%) | Firmness(kg-force) | Soluble solids (°Brix) |
Weight (g) | Height (cm) | Width (cm) | formation index |
Chunkwang | 2.48±0.491) | 31.42±1.63 | 19.05±0.39 | 9.83±1.49 | 22.89±2.92 | 0.71±0.04 | 3.17±0.06 |
Cheonjincheongmayeop | 1.98±0.74 | 57.33±2.52 | 13.25±0.96 | 5.25±0.68 | 24.07±3.46 | 1.06±0.10 | 5.03±0.06 |
p-value | 0.243 | 0.000***2) | 0.000*** | 0.017* | 0.516 | 0.000*** | 0.000*** |
1)All values are mean±SD.
2)*p<0.05, **p<0.01, ***p<0.001: significance as determined by independent sample t-test.