Table 2 Changes in the physicochemical proper ties of cut Kimchi cabbages with egg shell calcium treatment during shor t-term storage at 5°C

	Weeks	Con1)	ESP-1			ESP-2
			0.5%	1.0%	2%	0.5%	1.0%	2%
			Weight loss (%)	0	100.00±0.002)^aA3)	100.00±0.01^aA	100.00±0.01^aA	100.00±0.01^aA	100.00±0.01^aA	100.00±0.01^aA	100.00±0.01^aA
2	99.86±0.03^bB	99.90±0.02^bA		99.85±0.01^bB	99.86±0.01^bA	99.88±0.01^bAB	99.87±0.02^bAB	99.87±0.01^bAB
4	99.69±0.02^cC	99.78±0.01^cA		99.75±0.01^cB	99.74±0.01^cB	99.79±0.02^cA	99.80±0.01^cA	99.74±0.01^cB
6	99.63±0.01^dC	99.68±0.01^dB		99.67±0.01^dB	99.64±0.01^dC	99.70±0.01^dA	99.68±0.01^dB	99.58±0.01^dD
Titratable acidity (%)	0	0.09±0.01^cA	0.09±0.01^cA	0.09±0.02^bA	0.09±0.02^bAB	0.08±0.01^cAB	0.08±0.01^cAB	0.06±0.01^dB
	2	0.13±0.01^bA	0.11±0.01^bcABC	0.12±0.02^abAB	0.10±0.01^bC	0.11±0.01^bABC	0.10±0.01^bBC	0.12±0.01^bAB
	4	0.14±0.01^abA	0.13±0.01^abB	0.13±0.00^aAB	0.11±0.02^bC	0.13±0.00^aAB	0.12±0.01^aBC	0.10±0.01^cC
	6	0.15±0.01^aA	0.14±0.02^aAB	0.12±0.01^abBC	0.14±0.01^aAB	0.12±0.01^aBC	0.12±0.01^aC	0.15±0.02^aA
pH	0	5.82±0.02^bF	6.11±0.01^cC	6.28±0.01^bB	6.31±0.04^bB	6.02±0.02^bD	5.97±0.02^cE	6.39±0.05^dA
	2	6.38±0.01^aBCD	6.35±0.03^aCD	6.47±0.07^aBC	6.50±0.06^aB	6.26±0.03^aD	6.46±0.05^aBC	6.91±0.14^bA
	4	6.35±0.06^aB	6.25±0.07^bBC	6.39±0.06^abB	6.26±0.11^bBC	6.26±0.12^aBC	6.17±0.07^bC	6.64±0.05^cA
	6	6.36±0.02^aB	6.25±0.04^bCD	6.31±0.07^bBC	6.28±0.03^bBCD	6.20±0.07^aDE	6.15±0.04^bE	7.40±0.02^aA
Soluble solids (°Brix)	0	1.87±0.06^aE	2.00±0.10^aD	2.20±0.00^aB	2.35±0.05^aA	2.18±0.08^aBC	2.07±0.06^aCD	2.07±0.06^aCD
	2	1.57±0.15^bAB	1.47±0.15^bB	1.97±0.23^aA	1.93±0.31^bAB	1.67±0.15^bAB	1.40±0.17^aAB	1.63±0.15^abAB
	4	1.40±0.20^bcB	1.67±0.31^abB	2.03±0.15^aA	1.47±0.15^cB	1.67±0.15^bB	1.40±0.17^cB	1.63±0.15^bcB
	6	1.17±0.15^cB	1.33±0.12^bAB	1.53±0.31^bA	1.33±0.06^cAB	1.53±0.15^bA	1.63±0.06^bA	1.43±0.25^cAB

Con, untreated; ESP-1, egg shell powder; ESP-2, egg shell ash powder.
Values are mean±SD (n=3).
^a-cMeans followed by the same letters within the column are not significantly different (p<0.05); ^A-Cmeans followed by the same letters within the row are not significantly different (p<0.05).