3. Results
3.1. Chemical analyses
The NaCl% decreased in the syrup during fermentation
in all four batches. The addition of roasted rice
caused a slight decrease in NaCl%. In low-salt
batches, the salt concentration in syrup decreased
from 7.5% to 6.2% in plaa-som without rice and from
6.8% to 5.1% in plaa-som with rice (Table 1). This
corresponded to an increase of the NaCI concentration