양파의 향기성분을 보존 또는 제거할 목적으로 양파냄새를 masking하거나 제거하는 물질을 양파즙에 처리하여 관능검사를 실시하였고, pyruvate와 thiosulfinate를 측정하였으며 Solid Phase Micro Extraction(SPME)/GC법을 이용하여 휘발성 향기성분의 변화를 조사하였다. 생양파즙의 주요 향기성분은 dipropyl tetrasulfide, 1-propenyl propyl trisulfide, methyl propyl trisulfide, dipropyl trisulfide 등이었다. 다시마, 미역, 김, 규조토를 첨가한 양파즙의 휘발성 향기성분은 대조군과 비교하였을 때 모든 향기성분이 다소 감소하는 경향이었으나 활성탄과 ${eta}-cyclodextrin$ 첨가군은 거의 모든 향기성분이 제거되었다. 여러 가지 첨가물의 농도를 달리하여 양파즙에 첨가하여 관능검사를 실시한 결과 양파 냄새는 감소하였으며 p<0.05 수준에서 유의적으로 차이가 나타났다. 해조류를 첨가한 군의 pyruvate와 thiosulfinate 함량은 대조군과 차이가 없었으나 활성탄을 첨가한 양파즙의 경우, 그 함량이 크게 감소하였다. 이상의 결과, 다시마, 미역, 김 등의 해조류 처리군은 양파의 향기성분과 매운맛 성분을 보존하면서 관능적으로 양파냄새를 masking하는 효과를 나타내었고, ${eta}-cyclodextrin$과 활성탄은 양파에 존재하는 많은 휘발성 향기성분과 복합물을 형성하거나 홉착하여 양파냄새를 제거한 것으로 사료되어 진다.
In order to retain or remove the flavor components of onions, this study was performed to investigate the effect of seaweeds and adsorbents on volatile flavor components of onion juice by testing a sensory evaluation, measuring the amount of pyruvate and thiosulfinate, and investigating the changes of volatile components by SPME/GC. The main flavor compounds in raw onion juice were dipropyl tetrasulfide, 1-propenyl propyl trisulfide, methyl propyl trisulfide, dipropyl trisulfide. Volatile flavor compounds in onion juice treated with tangleweed, brown-seaweed, laver and celite showed a relatively decreasing tendency compared to untreated onion juice, but most of volatile flavor compounds in onion juice treated with activated charcoal and ${eta}-cyclodextrin$ were removed. The result of the sensory evaluation with various materials for masking onion flavor showed a significant difference at the p<0.05 level. The amount of pyruvate and thiosulfinate treated with tangleweed, brown-seaweed, laver and celite showed little difference compared to untreated onion juice, but the amount of pyruvate and thiosulfinate treated with activated charcoal and ${eta}-cyclodextrin$ decreased largely compared to untreated onion juice. As a result of the study, onion juice treated with tangleweed, brown-seaweed, laver and celite showed the effect of preserving the pungent taste and masking the onion flavor. Activated charcoal and ${eta}-cyclodextrin$added to onion juice might have a role in removing the onion flavor by adsorbing volatile flavor compounds in onion.
