Table 4.
Volatile compounds identified from gochujang (salt conc. 15%)

Fermentation period (mon)
No. Compounds name 0 1 2 3 4 5 10
Alcohols
3 ethanol 17.51 10.08 12.46 28.05 28.24 10.33 8.03
10 2-methyl-1-propanol 0.88 - 0.82 2.60 2.56 0.52 0.04
21 3-methyl-1-butanol 9.61 5.77 4.05 12.77 10.93 4.18 7.05
22 1-pentanol - 6.68 - - 12.27 - 0.20
36 1-hexanol 0.42 2.55 0.27 1.61 1.35 0.13 1.24

Aldehydes
48 benzaldehyde - - - 0.20 0.36 - 0.12

Esters
2 ethyl acetate 23.87 10.16 37.33 8.39 5.33 29.03 8.32
11 3-methyl-1-butyl acetate 2.72 - 0.59 1.07 2.12 0.26 1.43
19 ethyl hexanoate - - - 3.40 5.40 0.77 5.89
40 ethyl octanoate 0.55 - - 0.58 1.06 0.33 1.06
65 2-phenylethyl acetate 14.79 - - - 0.13 0.08 0.10

Ketones
29 3-hydroxy-2-butanone 0.52 18.40 0.61 - - 0.32 -

Furans
9 vinyl furan - - - - - - 0.49
23 2-pentyl furan 0.45 2.57 0.64 1.05 0.82 0.31 1.98
43 furfural - - - 0.32 0.49 - 0.10

Pyrazines
44 tetramethyl pyrazine 0.61 2.57 0.57 1.00 1.76 0.90 0.98

Acids
41 acetic acid 4.17 1.50 1.42 0.69 0.72 1.17 2.21
58 3-methylbutanoic acid - 2.77 - 1.26 1.32 0.48 2.10

Sulfur-containing
compounds
45 diallyl disulphide 0.67 3.50 0.63 2.86 2.12 - 2.29

Others
6 toluene - 5.46 0.52 9.40 4.80 0.46 18.04
12 p-xylene - - - 0.81 1.06 - 0.99
26 styrene 0.91 4.11 1.29 2.11 2.31 0.75 4.25