Table 5
Organic acid content of soybean and Chunggukjang prepared with various soybean cultivars

mg% Oxalic acid Malic acid Lactic acid Acetic acid Citric acid Succinic acid
A1) a2) 51.46 69.72 66.92 117.02 915.76 224.89
c 24.04 137.45 896.65 224.37 319.22 455.43
t 30.85 178.31 769.64 245.32 219.41 341.23
B a 44.34 108.52 38.86 306.21 822.41 1895.76
c 27.10 136.45 740.25 355.78 255.84 439.21
t 32.60 139.02 632.19 498.62 87.81 219.26
C a 42.82 86.27 38.37 156.26 616.57 2002.37
c 14.00 154.26 590.79 367.26 239.10 297.55
t 17.14 208.41 577.57 329.32 170.69 222.99
D a 19.57 127.58 113.11 213.55 614.94 2121.17
c 15.19 142.43 660.79 267.18 154.18 261.15
t 22.86 145.46 463.70 283.30 26.99 217.81
A, Daewon; B, Deapung; C, Seadanbeak; D, Taekwang.
a, soybean; c, conventional Chunggukjang; t, Chunggukjang fermented with B. subtilis HJ18-9.