Table 1.
Physicochemical properties of cut Kimchi cabbages with egg shell calcium pretreatment stored at 4°C for 2 weeks

Samples1) Weeks
0 1 2
Weight loss (%) NT 100±0.00aA2) 99.97±0.01bA 99.92±0.01cB
ET 100±0.00aA 99.98±0.01bA 99.93±0.00cA
Soluble solid content (°Brix) NT 1.87±0.31aA 1.77±0.12aA 1.60±0.17aA
ET 1.93±0.12aA 1.67±0.15bA 1.57±0.12bA
Titratable acidity (%) NT 0.07±0.01aA 0.06±0.01aB 0.06±0.00aA
ET 0.07±0.00bA 0.11±0.00aA 0.06±0.00cA
pH value NT 6.40±0.01cB 6.67±0.06aA 6.59±0.02bA
ET 6.45±0.01bA 6.66±0.01aA 6.41±0.01cB
NT, non-treatment; ET, egg shell calcium pretreatment.
Means followed by the same letters within the row of each Kimchi cabbages are not significantly different (p<0.05), (A-C) means followed by the same letters within the column per parameter are not significantly different (p<0.05).