Pemanfaatan labu kuning sebagai bahan baku minuman kaya serat

Abstract

Yellow pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata) is one of vegetables plant that is potential to be developed as food alternatives. However, the consumption of yellow pumpkin in Indonesia is still low, that is 5 kglcapitalyear and the utilization is stiII limited as for meal, kolak or dodol. This is quite different if we compare it to the other countries that are used for jam, sweetener, jelly, pie and cake. So in Indonesia, it is needed much more researches to develop the utilization of yellow pumpkin. One of the most important researches is how to take advantage of its food fiber. The purpose of this research is to determine the suitable formula to produce an instant fiber beverage powder product that is suitable to consumer's preference. This research consists of two phases, preliminary and primary phase. Preliminary phase consists of the determination of substances that is combined with yellow pumpkin as food fiber sources, the determination of initial formula, organoleptic test, and initial analysis on each substance. As for primary phase, it consists of the determination of beverage powder formula, beverage powder production, organoleptic test, and beverage powder physical-chemical analysis.