Table 1
Change on moisture and salinity of Doenjang depending on various salt concentrations dur ing fermentation period

Contents NaCl (%) Temp. (℃) Fermentation period (month)
0 1 2 3 5 7 9 12
Moisture (%) 4 30 65.3±0.1a1) 66.0±0.6a 64.5±0.3a 65.8±0.5a 65.5±0.2a 64.7±0.0a 64.7±0.4a 69.8±0.4a
8 30 61.2±0.8b 62.5±0.6b 60.8±0.2b 60.0±0.3b 61.3±0.1b 60.4±0.1b 60.3±1.2b 64.3±0.2b
15 30 54.7±0.9c 54.7±0.6c 56.6±0.1c 55.4±0.4c 55.2±0.3c 54.9±0.2c 54.6±1.1c 54.1±1.0c
20 30 54.6±0.8c 53.2±0.2d 54.2±1.0d 52.6±0.5d 53.6±1.0d 51.6±0.2d 52.1±0.9d 52.2±0.6d
Salinity (%) 4 30 4.2±0.1d 4.8±0.1d 4.8±0.1d 4.8±0.1d 4.7±0.0d 4.9±0.1d 4.8±0.1d 4.9±0.0d
8 30 8.3±0.1c 8.8±0.1c 8.9±0.0c 8.5±0.1c 8.4±0.1c 8.6±0.1c 8.6±0.1c 8.7±0.1c
15 30 12.9±0.0b 15.6±0.1b 15.4±0.0b 15.7±0.0b 15.2±0.0b 15.2±0.0b 15.3±0.1b 15.8±0.1b
20 30 16.9±0.0a 19.2±0.2a 20.1±0.2a 19.7±0.0a 19.5±0.1a 19.7±0.0a 19.6±0.1a 19.3±0.1a
Means±SD (n=3) within each column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (p<0.05).