Quantification of Biogenic Amines in 35 Korean Cottage Industry Traditional Gochujang (Fermented Red Pepper Paste) Products
2021
Srinivasan Ramalingam | Ashutosh Bahuguna | SeMi Lim | Ah-ryeong Joe | Jong-Suk Lee | So-Young Kim | Myunghee Kim
Traditional gochujang is well known for its distinguished flavor and taste. However, the safety of cottage industry gochujang products is uncertain, particularly, in terms of biogenic amine (BA) content which is not yet documented. The present study aimed to determine the level of BAs present in 35 traditional gochujang products nationwide. All gochujang products had considerable amounts of total BAs ranging from 52.95 mg/kg to 176.24 mg/kg. Individually, histamine and tyramine were either not detected or detected up to 16.94 mg/kg and 2.15–52.34 mg/kg, respectively. In all the tested gochujang products, putrescine, spermidine, and spermine were detected in the range of 7.60–56.72 mg/kg, 14.96–36.93 mg/kg, and 4.68–16.31 mg/kg, respectively. A total of 22 and 19 gochujang products had less than 1 mg/kg of cadaverine and histamine, respectively. The findings indicate that all the gochujang products tested herein had BA levels below the suggested toxicity limits recommended by the various regulatory authorities, which reveal that they are safe for human consumption.
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