Pemanfaatan Food Loss Edible Flower Bunga Telang (Clitoria ternatea L.) sebagai Minuman Kesehatan di PT 77 Sejahtera Indonesia

Abstract

PT 77 Sejahtera Indonesia ialah perusahaan distributor aneka kebutuhan bahan pangan yang kerap mengalami food loss salah satunya edible flower bunga telang. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengoptimalkan pemanfaatan food loss bunga telang (Clitoria ternatea L.) menjadi minuman kesehatan yang mengandung antioksidan. Desain penelitian menggunakan Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) dengan tiga perlakuan (F1, F2, F3) berdasarkan jumlah penambahan bunga telang. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan formula F3 (penambahan 5 bunga telang) paling disukai dengan skor rata-rata 4,16. Uji proksimat pada F3 menunjukkan kadar air 99,0947%, abu 0,0844%, protein 0,1515%, lemak 0,4269%, dan karbohidrat 0,3877%. Kandungan antioksidan mencapai 22,43 mg/100ml, sedangkan analisis mikrobiologi E. coli menunjukkan hasil 0 MPN/100 ml sesuai dengan (SNI) 3143:2011. Minuman ini diharapkan untuk mencegah dan mengurangi radikal bebas, serta menjadi solusi pengurangan food loss melalui pengembangan produk minuman kesehatan bunga telang yang mengandung antioksidan.

PT 77 Sejahtera Indonesia is a distributor of various foodstuffs that often experiences food loss, one of which is the edible flower butterfly pea. This study aims to optimize the utilization of edible flower (Clitoria ternatea L.) food loss into a health drink containing antioxidants. The research design uses a Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three treatments (F1, F2, F3) based on the amount of edible flower added. The results showed that formula F3 (5 blue pea flowers added) was the most preferred with an average score of 4.16. Proximate analysis of F3 revealed moisture content of 99.0947%, ash 0.0844%, protein 0.1515%, fat 0.4269%, and carbohydrates 0.3877%. The antioxidant content reached 22.43 mg/100ml, while microbiological analysis for E. coli showed a result of 0 MPN/100 ml in accordance with SNI 3143:2011. This beverage is expected to prevent and reduce free radicals, as well as serve as a solution for reducing food loss through the development of a blue pea flower-based health beverage containing antioxidants.