Table 1.
Changes in the Hunter color values of kimchi cabbages cut with different cutting processes during short-term storage at 5℃

Storage period (Days) OS1) OC NC
L 0 85.9±1.22a2) 85.48±0.87b 85.31±1.02b
3 83.87±2.39c 84.9±1.98b 86.25±2.02a
5 80.51±4.46c 83.5±1.84b 85.06±0.9a
7 78.39±2.27c 81.67±4.2b 83.39±2.27a
a 0 -0.56±0.19a -0.55±0.19b -0.53±0.23c
3 -0.59±0.14a -0.53±0.24a -0.56±0.16a
5 -0.23±0.13a -0.35±0.38b -0.76±0.11c
7 -0.09±0.75a -0.27±0.24b -0.48±0.21c
b 0 5.14±0.73c 5.56±0.8b 5.93±0.98a
3 5.87±1.46a 5.26±0.67b 6.1±1.05a
5 6.61±0.75b 5.61±0.63c 6.99±1.17a
7 8.07±2.07a 7.66±1.14a 6.43±1.3b
△E 0 0.00 0.00 0.00
3 3.23±1.87a 2.01±1.22b 2.35±1.05b
5 6.06±3.94a 2.61±1.53b 2.13±0.99b
7 8.40±4.54a 5.32±3.13b 3.05±1.99c
OS, cutting with stainless a steel knife under normal air; OC, cutting with a ceramic knife under normal air; NC, cutting with a ceramic knife under N2 blowing.
Means followed by the same letters within the row of each cutting condition are not significantly different (p<0.05).