Table 2. Mineral contents of Chaga Cheonggukjang added with L. acidophilus KCTC 3925 (mg%)

Mineral	Samples¹⁾
Mineral	Control	NS	YS
Ca	275.16±0.28^2)b3)	326.09±0.57^a	253.69±0.31^c
P	691.20±2.84^a	676.44±5.67^b	619.37±5.37^c
K	1,792.86±20.32	1,824.39±21.93	1,813.09±17.38
Na	5.43±0.09^c	9.64±0.13^a	7.75±0.10^b
Fe	110.59±0.15^a	98.98±0.05^b	92.59±0.17^c
Cd	0.01±0.00^b	0.01±0.00^b	0.02±0.00^a

¹⁾Control, fermented without sterilization process and a starter; NS, fermented without sterilization process but with a starter (L. acidophilus KCTC 3925); YS, fermented with L. acidophilus KCTC 3925 after sterilization process (at 100℃ for 15 min).
²⁾All values are mean±SD (n=3).
^3)a-cMeans with different superscripts in the same row are significantly different at p<0.05 by Duncan’s multiple range test.