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Article: Lactic Acid Bacteria in Kimchi Outnumber `Kimuchi' by 166 Times.
- Article from:
- Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)
- Article date:
- October 20, 1999
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Kimchi from Korea reportedly contains levels of lactic acid bacteria, which turns food sour, 166 times those of ``kimuchi'' from Japan. The news comes amid the Korean government's contention that the Japanese product is quite different from standard kimchi.
This was confirmed in a special program produced by Fuji TV of Japan on Korean kimchi obtained by Doosan, who produces kimchi in Japan for local sale.
The program compared the number of lactic acid bacteria in the products of the two countries - 800 million bacteria in one gram of kimchi, 166 times the 4.8 million found in Asazuke, a popular Japanese kimuchi. The 800 million is nearly the same as ...