In this study we found that during the germination, both dark
and light factors have potential influence on the quality characteristics
of whole soybean meju. However, the effect of dark condition
on germination rate, free sugar, amino acid and isoflavone contents
had better influence on whole soybean meju than light condition.
Thus, form the above results it can be concluded that these factors
can be valuable to define the nutritive values of fermented
products.