title: Effects of Edible Seaweed on Physicochemical and Sensory Characteristics of Reduced-salt Frankfurters.
abstract: The effects of sea tangle, sea mustard, hijiki, and glasswort were investigated based on the proximate composition, salinity, cooking loss, emulsion stability, pH, color, texture profile analysis, apparent viscosity, and sensory characteristics of reduced-salt (NaCl) meat batter and frankfurters. The moisture content, salinity, lightness of the meat batter and frankfurter, hardness, gumminess, and chewiness of the reduced-salt frankfurters with sea weeds were lower than the control without seaweed (p<0.05). The protein content, springiness, and cohesiveness of the reduced-salt frankfurters were not significantly different among the treatments (p>0.05). The moisture content, salinity, cooking loss, lightness, redness, hardness, gumminess, and chewiness of treatments with sea tangle and with sea mustard were lower than the control (p<0.05). Among the sensory traits, color was highest in the control (p<0.05). The flavor was also highest in the control. The treatments with sea tangle and with sea mustard samples had high tenderness, juiciness, and overall acceptability scores similar to the control (p<0.05). The results of this study show that the combination of low-salt and seaweed in the formulation successfully improved reduced-salt frankfurters, improving sensory characteristics to levels similar to the regular salt control (1.5%).
authors.affiliation: Food Processing Research Center, Korean Food Research Institute, Seongnam 13539, Korea.
authors.forename: Yun-Sang
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Food Processing Research Center, Korean Food Research Institute, Seongnam 13539, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun-Seok
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Kum
authors.affiliation: Food Processing Research Center, Korean Food Research Institute, Seongnam 13539, Korea.
authors.forename: Ki-Hong
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Food Processing Research Center, Korean Food Research Institute, Seongnam 13539, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Dae
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Food Processing Research Center, Korean Food Research Institute, Seongnam 13539, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Wook
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea.
authors.forename: Ko-Eun
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Jun
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Food Processing Research Center, Korean Food Research Institute, Seongnam 13539, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Boong
authors.initials: YB
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology of Animal Resources, Konkuk University, Seoul 05029, Korea.
authors.forename: Cheon-Jei
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: glasswort; hijiki; reduced-salt frankfurters; sea mustard; sea tangle