Table 5. Changes in color values of ‘Doenjang’ during fermentation

Hunter color value	Fermentation time (weeks)	‘Doenjang’¹⁾
Hunter color value	Fermentation time (weeks)	Control	T-0.5	T-1	T-2	T-3
L	0	57.28±0.79^a	55.50±0.75^b	54.56±0.84^b	52.84±0.85^c	49.58±0.67^d
	4	48.54±0.37^a	47.56±0.95^a	46.82±1.52^ab	45.25±0.91^b	42.71±0.76^c
	8	44.52±2.18^a	44.70±1.51^a	43.86±1.09^a	43.02±1.42^ab	41.00±0.38^b
	12	43.66±0.91^a	43.37±0.60^a	42.99±0.43^ab	41.44±0.95^bc	40.83±1.45^d
a	0	2.54±0.64^a	1.28±0.55^b	0.74±0.62^b	0.78±0.77^b	1.06±0.56^b
	4	3.48±1.07^a	1.52±1.10^b	1.25±0.44^b	1.91±0.51^b	3.13±0.78^ab
	8	4.21±0.99^a	2.61±0.97^b	2.49±0.66^b	2.85±0.82^ab	3.81±0.45^ab
	12	5.53±0.68^a	4.80±0.96^b	3.43±0.49^c	3.61±0.36^bc	4.63±0.34^ab
b	0	17.03±0.61^c	22.36±0.44^b	24.13±0.52^a	24.71±0.36^a	24.83±0.56^a
	4	16.16±0.18^d	20.02±0.47^c	21.71±0.67^b	23.01±0.41^a	22.82±1.22^b
	8	16.10±0.90^c	19.61±0.44^b	20.57±0.61^ab	21.57±0.45^a	21.18±0.47^a
	12	16.21±0.43^c	18.66±0.50^b	19.45±0.39^ab	19.75±0.84^a	19.97±0.51^a

See the preparation of ‘Doenjang’ in Table 1.
Values are mean±SD (n=3).
Means with different letters in the same row are significantly different by Duncan’s multiple range test (p<0.05).