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Organic acids of Kochuzang (red pepper paste) prepared from glutinous rice, polished barley, wheat flour and sweet potato were analyzed by a gas chromatography. Lactic, pyruvic, succinic, fumaric, malic, pyroglutamic and citric acid were identified. And trace amount of oxalic acid was found in the Kochuzang prepared from sweet potato. The dominant organic acid of all samples was pyroglutamic acid, followed by pyruvic and citric acid. The organic acids were lower in Kochuzang from wheat flour than in other samples. The contents of succinic and fumaric acid were highest in Kochuzang prepared from sweet potato and were lowest in polished barley Kochuzang.
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