To get a basic information for improving Korean´s pattern of comsuming red pepper and the possibility of its industrial production, consumer´s ways of red pepper processing and his present dietary habits were surveyed and the results are follows;
(1) Korean´s daily consumption of red pepper was on the average 9.2 g on the basin of the whole dried red pepper.
(2) The tendency of evading the home drying method was increased; 72.22% in urban community and 50.4% in rural community purchased the dried red pepper in the lump yearly. The household purchasing the fresh red pepper and using the home drying was 27.8% in urban community and 49.6% in rural community, so one third of urban household was still using the home drying method. The case of dependence on tine drying factory was no more than 2.6%.
(3) Drying method was mainly sun drying which done on the poor circumstance like as the street side without the proper equipment of drying. Home process of red pepper by housewife was 70.8%, and the old, housekeeper were only 7.3% respectively.
(4) The hygienic sense in the drying was rare; 68.8% was not washed and 51.9% of decayed red pepper was eaten.
(5) Koreans prefered the strong pungency, deep red color and fine powder form.
(6) While the 45.5% of seed was collected by second hand dealer and made use of as resources of edible oil, it was not used effectively due to complexity of its collection system.
(7) While 40.1% desired the improvement of red pepper dietary life, 41.1% distrusted the present commercial red pepper powder on the market.
From the results above, we conclude the fact many households have still hygienically poor red pepper processed at home, in spite of the red pepper is one of the most important spices in Korea. Considering the growing urban population, reduction of unemployed labor due to the increasing nuclear family and hygienic problems caused by the serious pollution, the improvement of red pepper processing method is urgently required.
And it is believed that red pepper has a good prospect to be processed on the industrial scale in Korea.
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