Abstract
The present paper deals with the changes in contents of organic acids in homogenized or intact baby clams during storage at 5°C.
1. In case of the homogenized storage, succinic acid, fumaric acid, lactic acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid and malic acid in muscle were increased in proportion to the increase of storage period, but the other acids showed little changes. In viscera, however, lactic acid was increased in proportion to the increase of storage period, but the other acids were decreased on the second day of storage. (Tables 1, and 2)
2. When a baby clam is living, it retained about 80 percent of total acids in viscera and about 20 percent of total acids in tissue. (Tables 1, and 2)
3. In case of the intact storage, fumaric acid was increased in proportion to the increase of storage period, but the other acids showed little changes. (Table 3)
