This study was conducted to enable retail production of a new type of
fermented sausage by incorporating baechu-kimchiwith microbiological
effects. To evaluate the utility of the LAB present in kimchi as a substitute
starter culture and a natural preservative, the effects of kimchi and
freeze-dried kimchi-powder on the chemical and microbiological characteristics
were investigated. The results clearly demonstrated that the
LAB integrated via the addition of kimchi as well as kimchi-powder
were well adapted to the new habitat of fermenting sausage, reaching
maximum numbers of 8.65–8.80log10cfu/g after 1–2days of fermentation.
Specially, the kimchi and kimchi-powder sausages exhibited good
souring properties with the pH values ranged from 4.78 to 4.33 after
the first two days of fermentation. In all kimchi and kimchi-powder sausages,
the growth of Enterobacteriaceae was completely inhibited
throughout the processing period (b2log10cfu/g). The sausage batches
containing more than 10% kimchi and 2% kimchi-powder showed no
growth of S. aureus, whereas the control and another kimchi sausage
batch reflected the growth of S. aureus (3.68–4.72log10cfu/g). Based on
the materials and ingredients used in the production of kimchi, the use