Table 3. Contents of organic acids in solid-state fermented mashes made from different combinations of fermented agents and auxiliary material

Organic acids Concentration (mg/100 g)
A. oryzae (yellow koji) + zeolite A. luchuensis (white koji) + zeolite Traditional nuruk (sanseong)1) + rice husks
Formic acid 5.40±0.25c ND 36.61±0.93a
Lactic acid ND ND 156.55±1.13a
Acetic acid 30.06±0.50a 33.85±0.38b 66.74±1.03a
Citric acid ND 71.11±0.44b ND
Succinic acid 14.08±0.23b 32.63±0.54b 97.72±0.86a
Malic acid ND ND ND
Propionic acid 9.51±0.24a ND ND
Values in the column with different lowercase superscripts are significantly different at p⟨0.05.
Traditional nuruk + rice husks cited in Shin et al. (2021) except malic and propionic acid.