The greatest decrease in the awnvalue occurred in sausage samples that contained 5% kimchi-powder. Therefore, the final aw value after processing for 4weeks in the batch that contained 5% KPS was significantly lower (0.89) than that of the control (0.93). However, the addition of 15% kimchi and 2% kimchi-powder showed no effect on the changes in aw value when compared with the control, and both had a final aw value of 0.93