<Anchor> With the



decrease in eating out and more time eating at home due to COVID-19, interest in home-cooked meals is growing.

It is evolving to be more delicious and convenient, so that you can make and eat bread in 5 minutes at home.



Correspondent Han Ji-yeon.



<Reporter> This is



a household parbaking product developed by a food company.



It compensates for the shortcomings of the existing frozen dough, which takes about 3 hours to bake after thawing to make bread.



Bake 80% and quick-froze it so that it can be cooked in 5-6 minutes, while pursuing the simplicity of cooking, while also providing a taste similar to the bread you buy.




By adding various enzymes,



[Vitamin C or gluten can give it a crispy texture.]



Even the texture of the 'outside and inside' was saved.



After Corona 19, the consumption of 'home-baking', which bakes bread at home, has increased, and the sales of bread convenience food have tripled.



[Ham Ho-seok / Food company Parbaek planner: I can't go to cafes properly or open places due to the Corona 19 issue, so I want to quench my thirst with products that can be easily cooked at home (developed)]



Traditional restaurant menu The types of home convenience meals are diversifying, such as making a meal kit.




[Meal kit buyer: It is easy to eat, so you can eat it quickly and stay at home with your family for a long time, right?

Because I have a lot of time to eat.]



A large mart differentiated its meal kit by making it right in front of customers, from the process of handling and packaging seafood ingredients.




[I go out a lot.

On the weekend, there are more than ten of these things.]



[Song Ki-Tae / Large Mart Seafood Buyer: Customers have increased their level of interest in seafood freshness and meal kits, so we produce and sell them on the spot.

Demand has increased by 20% compared to last year.] As the number of single-



and two-person households is rapidly increasing and the consumption pattern seeking convenience has been established, the home-cooked convenience food market in the form of semi-cooked meals will increase from KRW 3.2 trillion in 2018 to KRW 5 trillion next year. It is expected to exceed the circle.



(Video editing: Wonhee Won, VJ: Hyunwoo Park)