메주와 콩고오지로 담금한 혼용고추장의 숙성 과정 중 휘발성 향기성분을 포집하여 GC-MSD로 분석, 동정한 결과 알코올 13종, 에스테르 17종, 유기산 7종, 알데하이드 6종, 기타 9종 등 52종의 향기성분이 동정되었다. 동정된 향기성분 수는 담금일에 알코올 7종, 에스테르 9종 등 24종이었으나, 30일에 알코올 1종, 에스테르 3종을 비롯한 6종이 추가 검출되어 30종으로 증가하였다. 150일에는 49종으로 향기성분 수가 최대에 달하였다. 숙성 전과정을 통하여 검출된 향기 성분은 에탄올, 2-methyl-1-propanol, 3-methyl-butanol, 1-butanol 등 알코올류 6종, ethyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, ethyl caproate, ethyl carpylate 등 에스테르류 9종, 산류 2종, 알데하이드 2종, 기타 3종 등 22종이었다. 향기성분의 면적 비율은 담금일과 30일에 1-butanol이, 숙성 60일, 90일 및 150일에 에탄올이, 120일에 3-methyl-1-butanol이 각각 가장 높았고 숙성기간에 따라서는 ethyl acetate, 2-methyl-1-propanol, ethyl butyrate, acetaldehyde, ethoxyethene, ethenone, methylbenzene의 면적 비율도 높았다.
Volatile compounds of kochujang prepared with meju and koji were analyzed by using a purge and trap method during fermentation and identified with GC-MSD. Thirteen alcohols, seventeen esters, seven acids, six aldehydes and nine others were identified. Twenty four volatile flavor detected immediately after making kochujang including 7 alcohols and 9 esters. Six volatile flavor compounds including 1 alcohol and 3 esters were more found after 30 day of fermentation and increased to forty nine of volatile compounds after 150 days. Six alcohols such as ethanol, 3-methyl-butanol, 2-methyl-1-propanol, 1-butanol and nine esters such as ethyl acetate, ethyl butyrate, ethyl caproate, ethyl carpylate and seven others were commonly found through the fermentation period. Peak area (%) of 1-butanol was the highest one among the volatile flavor compounds after 30 day of fermentation and ethanol showed the highest peak area after 60-90 day and 150 day of fermentation, and 3-methyl-1-butanol showed the highest peak area after 120 day of fermentation, 2-Methyl-1-propanol, ethyl butyrate, ethyl acetate, acetaldehyde, ethoxyethene, ethenone, methylbenzene were detected in the kochujang during the fermentation.
