Abstract: Anew process of Chinese toon sprouts lactic acid fermentation by seeding L.plantara was studied in this paper.This process was more rapid iw th lower salt content than the conven tional one .Compared with the conven tional process,the pickling time was from20d downto 10d or so,the salt concentr ation from8%～10%down to 4%and the peak of nitrate value from7×10 -6 down to 1×10 -6 .Its shortened10d in the newferment ation process deponding on the changesofnitritevalueandtheflav or.Theoptimizedconditionsderive dwere:NaC14%,sugar2%,lacticacid bacteria1%and30℃.

Key words: Chinese toonsprorts , L.plantara , Lactic acid fermentation