This study investigated the physicochemical properties (total soluble solid,
salinity, pH, Hunter color value, moisture content, and viscosity), total
dietary fiber (TDF) content, free sugar content, and antioxidant activities
(total flavonoid content, total phenolic content, and DPPH and ABTS radical
scavenging activities) of 11 types of commercial tteokbokki
sauce products in Korea. The pH values of the tteokbokki sauce
products were 4.62-5.83, total soluble solids were 34.60-59.40 °Brix, and
salinities were 2.89-5.77%. The lightness (L), redness (a), and yellowness (b)
of the Hunter color value were 23.94–43.08, 4.32–22.49, and 1.67–19.88,
respectively. The moisture contents in the tteokbokki sauce
products were in the range of 27.73-53.20% and the viscosity values were
373.57–7,246.33 cP. The TDF contents determined by enzymatic-gravimetric method
were in the range of 0.64–4.47 g/100 g, and the free sugar contents of the
tteokbokki sauce products were 13.45-32.87 g/100 g. The
eleven types of tteokbokki sauce products all contained
fructose, glucose, and sucrose. The total flavonoid and phenolic contents of the
tteokbokki sauce products were 0.12-0.36 mg RE/g and
1.14-1.82 mg GAE/g, respectively. The DPPH and ABTS radical scavenging
activities of the tteokbokki sauce products were 32.98-87.41%
and 18.45-74.72%, respectively. Pearson correlation analysis revealed that the
total phenolic and flavonoid content, as well as the DPPH and ABTS radical
scavenging activities were positively correlated (r=0.651-0.918) with the
antioxidant activities. These results provide basic data for commercial
tteokbokki sauce in Korea.