FETENSECA: An alternative to improve the sensory quality of cocoa (Theobroma cacao L.) cultivar ccn-51

Manglar ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-417
Author(s):  
Arturo Medardo Palacios Garcia ◽  
José Nicasio Quevedo Guerrero ◽  
Irán Rodríguez Delgado
Author(s):  
Jonathan Bladimir Zhiminaicela Cabrera ◽  
Cristhel Mora Encalada ◽  
José Quevedo Guerrero ◽  
Sayda Herrera Reyes ◽  
Anthony Morocho Castillo ◽  
...  

  El chocolate producto derivado del procesamiento de semillas de cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) es considerado como un alimento de lujo en el mercado internacional, apetecido especialmente por el sabor, aroma y los beneficios para la salud del consumidor, siendo el contenido nutricional y la calidad sensorial los principales indicadores de competitividad. El desarrollo fisiológico de las mazorcas influye en los procesos físico-químicos de la etapa postcosecha de donde se forma el aroma y sabor. Por esta razón, el objetivo de la investigación fue determinar la influencia de seis estados de madurez de mazorcas de T. cacao L. cultivar CCN-51, en la fermentación, calidad nutricional y sensorial del licor de cacao, evaluadas en dos tiempos postcosecha: fermentadas-secas y torrefacción. Se realizaron pruebas físico-químicas, análisis químico proximal y análisis sensorial del licor de cacao. Los datos se analizaron con el software SPSS con una prueba de ANOVA de una vía y la prueba de Tukey al 0,05%. Los resultados presentaron diferencias significativas (p < 0.05) en el índice de fermentación del estado 5 (98%) con respecto al 0 (18%), estos resultados se relacionaron con la calidad nutricional y sensorial. La madurez de las mazorcas influyó en el contenido nutrimental en las etapas postcosecha estudiadas, así las mazorcas inmaduras redujeron el índice de fermentación de las semillas afectando la calidad sensorial del licor de cacao.   Palabra clave: Manejo postcosecha, fermentación, torrefacción, madurez fisiológica, propiedades fisicoquímicas.   Abstract Chocolate, a product derived from the processing of cacao beans (Theobroma cacao L.), is considered a luxury food on the international market, especially sought after for its taste, aroma, and health benefits for the consumer. The nutritional content and sensory quality are the main indicators of competitiveness. The physiological development of the cobs influences the physic-chemical processes of the post-harvest stage where aroma and flavour are formed. For this reason, the objective of the research was to determine the influence of six stages of maturity of the cocoa pods of T. cacao L. cultivar CCN-51 on the fermentation, nutritional and sensory quality of cocoa liquor. Evaluated in two post-harvest stages: fermented-dried and roasting. Physical-chemical tests, proximal chemical analysis, and sensory analysis of the cocoa liquor were carried out. Data were analysed using SPSS software with a one-way ANOVA test and Tukey's test at 0.05%. The results showed significant differences (p < 0.05) in the fermentation index of stage 5 (98%) with respect to stage 0 (18%), these results were related to nutritional and sensory quality. The maturity of the pods influenced the nutritional content in the post-harvest stages studied, so the immature pods reduced the fermentation rate of the beans, affecting the sensory quality of the cocoa liquor.  Keywords: Post-harvest handling, fermentation, roasting, physiological maturity, physicochemical properties.


Author(s):  
Sulistyani Pancaningtyas ◽  
Teguh Iman Santoso ◽  
Sudarsianto .

Study of germination methods conduct to get information about seed viability based on germination rate, percentage of germination and vigority. Germination methods was studied to get the efficiency and effectivity of germination, easy to handle, low costs with high vigority. Sand and gunny sack methods  for germination, need extensive place  and 3-4 days germination period after planting. This research will study the alternative of germination method with soaking. This method can be accelerating  germination rate and effectively place usage without decreasing the quality of cacao seedling.The research was done at Kaliwining Experimental Station, Indonesian Coffee and Cocoa Research Institue. This research consist of two experiment was arranged based on factorial completely random design. First experiment will observed to compared germination rate and the second experiment will observed seedling quality between soaking and wet gunny sack germination method.The results showed that length of radicel on soaking method longer than wet gunny sack method. Growth of radicel started from 2 hours after soaking, moreover length of radicel at 4 hours after soaking have significant different value with gunny sack method. On 24 hours after soaking have 3,69 mm and 0,681 mm on wet gunny sack treatment. Except lengt of hipocotyl, there is not different condition between seedling that out came  from soaking and wet gunny sack method. Length of hipocotyl on 36 hours after soaking have 9,15 cm and significant different between wet gunny sack germination method that have 5,40 cm. Keywords : seed germination, soaking method, Theobroma cacao L., cocoa seedlings


Respati ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Elisabet Yunaeti Anggraeni ◽  
Sri Hartati ◽  
Icha Mufadila

INTISARITanaman kakao (Theobroma cacao, L.) atau yang biasa disebut coklat merupakan tanaman perkebunan yang tumbuh di lahan kering. Tanaman kakao merupakan salah satu komoditas unggulan nasional yang berperan penting bagi pertumbuhan perekonomian Indonesia. Namun, dalam  budidayanya petani kakao seringkali menghadapi masalah yang dapat menyebabkan penurunan kualitas hasil produksi kakao. Karena permasalahan inilah yang membuat peneliti ingin membuat suatu sistem pendukung keputusan yang dapat membantu petani dan suplayer terutama CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa untuk menentukan kualitas biji kakao. Sistem yang dirancang menggunakan metode Weighted Product (WP) merupakan metode penyelesaian dengan menggunakan perkalian untuk menghubungkan nilai atribut, dimana nilai harus dipangkatkan terlebih dahulu dengan bobot atribut yang bersangkutan. Dengan adanya sistem  penunjang keputusan ini mampu membantu masyarakat untuk menentukan  kualitas biji kakao dan di harapkan sistem pendukung keputusan menggunakan metode Weighted Product dalam proses menentukan kualitas pada biji kakao tersebut dapat menyelesaikan masalah pada CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa, petani dan pengepul kakao dalam menentukan kualitas biji kakao yang baik Kata Kunci : Sistem Penunjang Keputusan, Weighted Product (WP), Biji Kakao ABSTRACTCacao (Theobroma cacao, L.) or commonly called cocoa is an estate crop that grows on dry land. Cacao is one of the leading national commodities that plays an important role in Indonesia's economic growth. However, in the cultivation of cocoa farmers often face problems that can cause a decrease in the quality of cocoa production. Because of this problem that makes researchers want to create a decision support system that can help farmers and suppliers, especially CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa to determine the quality of cocoa beans. The system is designed using the Weighted Product (WP) method is a method of settlement using multiplication to connect the attribute value, where the value must be raised first with the weight of the attribute in question. With this decision support system able to help the community to determine the quality of good cocoa beans and expected with the decision support system using the Weighted Product method in the process of determining the quality of the cocoa beans can solve the problem in the CV. Bulok Kakao Sentosa, cocoa farmers and collectors in determining the quality of good cocoa beans. Keywords : Decision Support System, Weighted Product (WP), Cacao Beans


Author(s):  
Muhammad Isa Dwijatmoko ◽  
Budi Nurtama ◽  
Nancy Dewi Yuliana ◽  
Misnawi Misnawi

Cocoa bean is a rich source of polyphenols, which are the largest group secondary metabolite with natural antioxidant property. Polyphenols from cocoabeans was reported to possess health benefits. Fermentation, one step in cocoa processing is needed to improve the quality of cocoa in which the concentration of cocoa bean polyphenols might decrease significantly through oxidation and exudation. Cocoa polyphenols content among different cocoa clones mightalso vary. The aims of this study were to determine total polyphenols, total flavanoid, epicatechin, and catechin content in several cocoa clones, those wereSulawesi 1, Sulawesi 2, ICCRI 03, and KW 617. Until now, characterization of polyphenols from those clones has not been reported. The effect of five daysfermentation to those parameters was also studied. The results of the study showed that fermentation and type of clones significantly affected total of polyphenols, total of flavanoids, epicatechin, and catechin content of the cocoa, there is also an interaction between fermentation and type of clones. Unfermented of Sulawesi 1 had the highest total polyphenols of 96.94±5.83 mg/g, total flavanoids of 90.92±1.89 mg/g, epicatechin of 52.50±0.46 mg/g, and catechin of 1.99±0.02 mg/g content compared to other clones. Among five days fermented cocoa beans, Sulawesi 2 showed the highest total polyphenols and total flavanoids content, while ICCRI 03 had the highest epicatechin and catechin content than other clones. Thus, in can be concluded that although fermentation is required to improve the flavor quality of cocoa, it significantly reduced the content of bioactive compounds. This effect varied amongdifferent cocoa clones.


Author(s):  
O. I. Asunbo

Aim: To assess the impacts of rodent pests on Cocoa (Theobroma cacao) production and productivity. Rodents belong to the mammalian order that is widely distributed globally. Their adaptive potential and capability to face changing environments even when instigated by anthropogenic activities is quite amazing. Also, their importance as vital links in food chain between species of plants and the predators thereby playing crucial roles within the ecosystem cannot be overemphasized. Rodents have been noted to cause ubiquitous damage to agricultural crops including cocoa. They can cause damage in crop fields from planting throughout harvest and storage. The damages caused by rodent pests mostly occur during the sensitive young seedling stage and just prior to harvesting. The pattern and the extent of damage by pest rodents depend upon the species, the intensity of infestation, the type and the growth stage of the crop, and the nature of the surrounding habitat. These damages caused by rodent pests could be direct through the consumption of cocoa beans or indirect through the biting, gnawing or scratching of pods which could range from slight to severe. The stern impacts caused as a result of rodent pest activities are not only felt in the quantity and quality of cocoa pods but also on the social maintenance as well as survival of those growing the crop. Despite the paucity of documented data as regards the kind, form as well as ferocity of rodent damage, it is highly expedient to re-evaluate the rodent pests’ impacts on the production of cocoa so as to update the very scarce available information whilst providing a basis for additional investigation.


2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 156
Author(s):  
S. Joni Munarso ◽  
Kun Tanti Dewandari ◽  
Zahra Haifa

<p>Telah dilakukan penelitian yang bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh penambahan starter mikroba (<em>Acetobacter aceti, Lactobacillus plantarum dan Saccharomyces cereviceae</em>) serta pemerasan pulp terhadap fermentasi dan mutu biji kakao. Penelitian menggunakan metode Rancangan Acak Lengkap (RAL) pola faktorial 3x5 dengan dua kali ulangan. Faktor pertama adalah fermentasi yaitu fermentasi biji kakao secara spontan (F1), Fermentasi biji kakao dengan penambahan <em>A. aceti, L. plantarum dan S. cereviciae</em> (F2), Fermentasi biji kakao dengan perlakuan pemerasan pulp serta penambahan <em>A. aceti, L. plantarum dan S. cereviciae</em> (F3). Sedangkan faktor kedua adalah lama fermentasi (H1, H2, H3, H4 dan H5). Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa penambahan starter meningkatkan konsentrasi etanol pada saat fermentasi dan meningkatkan kadar asam asetat, tetapi menurunkan konsentrasi asam oksalat pada biji kakao. Penambahan starter disertai pemerasan pulp menghasilkan biji kakao dengan kadar asam asetat sebesar 0,47%, sedangkan biji kakao tanpa pemerasan kadar asam asetat 0,49%. Penambahan starter disertai pemerasan pulp menghasilkan mutu biji kakao terbaik dengan karakteristik sebagai berikut: skor nilai uji belah tertinggi (379 dari 400), mutu fisik (Golongan mutu A) serta memenuhi persyaratan mutu SNI 2008 No. 2323 tentang biji kakao dengan rasio jumlah per berat biji sebanyak 88 biji/100g; nilai pH 4,93; kadar asam asetat 0,47%, kadar lemak 34,90%, kadar air 4,47%, kadar serat kasar 3,66% dan kadar abu 4,82% dengan waktu fermentasi selama 5 hari.</p><p align="center"><strong>English Version Abstract</strong></p><p align="center"><strong><strong>Effect of Starter Culture Addition and Depulping on The Fermentation and Quality of Cocoa Beans (Theobroma cacao L.)</strong></strong></p><p>S Joni Munarso, Kun Tanti Dewandari, and Zahra Haifa. 2016. Effect of Starter Culture Addition and Depulping on The Fermentation and Quality of Cocoa Beans (<em>Theobroma cacao L</em>.). The aimed of this study was to investigate the effect of starter culture addition (<em>Acetobacter aceti, Lactobacillus plantarum, and Saccharomyces cerevisiae</em>) with depulping on the fermentation and quality of cocoa beans. The experimental design of this study was conducted using a 3×5 factorial Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with duplicate replication. The first factor was fermentation condition included spontaneously fermented cocoa beans (F1), fermentation of cocoa beans with the addition of <em>A. aceti, L. plantarum and S. cereviciae </em>(F2), Fermented cocoa beans with depulping and addition of <em>A. aceti, L. plantarum and S. Cereviciae</em> (F3). The second factor was time of fermentation. The result revealed that starter addition increased ethanol concentration on the fermentation process, increased acetate acid, and citric acid concentratio, meanwhile oxalic acid decreased on cocoa beans during 5 days of fermentation. Depulping caused a slight decrease in acetic acid concentration at the end of fermentation with value of 0,47%, meanwhile the sample of cocoa beans without depulping treatment had acetic acid concentration of 0,49%. Starter culture addition and depulping treatment resulted the best characteristic of cocoa beans which visualized by the largest amounts of cut test score (379 of 400), physical quality (Grade A) and completed SNI No. 2323-2008 requirements with total beans/100 g ratio of 88 beans/100g; pH values of 4,93; acetic acid concentrations of 0,47%, content of fat 15,12%, moisture 4,47%, crudefiber 3,66% and total ash 4,82% after 5 days fermentation.</p>


2020 ◽  
pp. 1695-1700
Author(s):  
Vinicius de Souza Oliveira ◽  
Stefany Sampaio Silveira ◽  
Robson Prucoli Posse ◽  
Laís Gertrudes Fontana Silva ◽  
Valeria Pancieri Sallin ◽  
...  

The study aimed to evaluate the growth and quality of SJ-02 cocoa seedlings under different irrigation depths and cultivation container sizes. The experiment was arranged as a completely randomized design, in a factorial scheme (4x3), where the first factor consisted of the application of four different irrigation depths (6, 10, 12 and 14 mm d-1) and the second one was composed of three different cultivation containers (small, medium and large). Twelve treatments were evaluated with eight repetitions, totaling 96 plants in the experimental field. At 74 days after sowing, the leaf area, stem diameter, plant height, dry mass of the aerial part, dry mass of the root system, total dry mass and Dickson's quality index of all seedlings were analyzed. The 10.32 mm d-1 irrigation depth and the medium and large cultivation containers provided the highest quality in seedling production, being the most suitable ones. However, there was no interaction between the factors


Author(s):  
Juan Tandazo Garcés ◽  
Oscar Caicedo Camposano ◽  
Carlos Salas Macías ◽  
Viviana Sánchez Vásquez

Quality of subfoliar sprinkler irrigation in Theobroma Cacao L. in San Vicente farm, Los Ríos, Ecuador Resumen Se realizó la evaluación del manejo de un sistema de riego por aspersión subfoliar en el cultivo de cacao, en donde el objetivo fue valorar su comportamiento hidráulico. Se estudiaron tres presiones de trabajo de los aspersores en cinco módulos del sistema. Los parámetros evaluados fueron: presiones al inicio y final de los laterales de riego, caudales en esos mismos sitios, coeficiente de uniformidad de Christiansen, uniformidad de distribución y área regada adecuadamente. Los resultados indican que existe una variación de presión y caudal por encima de lo teórico (20% y 10%). Se evidenció que altos coeficientes de uniformidad no representan la mayor área regada adecuadamente. Las presiones de trabajo estudiadas en los aspersores aseguran altos coeficientes de uniformidad del riego, no obstante, si lo que se desea es alcanzar la mayor área adecuadamente regada se debe operar a 275,79 kPa. Palabras claves: caudal; uniformidad; presión de trabajo. Abstract The evaluation of the management of a subfoliar sprinkler irrigation system in the cocoa crop was carried out, where the objective was to evaluate its hydraulic behavior. Three working pressures of the sprinklers were studied in five modules of the system. The parameters evaluated were: pressures at the beginning and end of the irrigation sides flow at those same sites, Christiansen Uniformity Coefficient, Distribution Uniformity and Adequately Irrigated Area. The results indicate that there is a variation of pressure and flow above the theoretical, that is, of 20% and 10%. It was evidenced that high uniformity coefficients do not represent the largest area irrigated adequately. The work pressures studied in the sprinklers ensure high coefficients of uniformity of irrigation, however, if what is desired is to reach the largest area adequately irrigated, it should be operated at 275.79 kPa. Keywords: flow; uniformity; pressure head.


2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 189
Author(s):  
NI LUH MADE PRADNYAWATHI ◽  
I KETUT ARSA WIJAYA ◽  
I NYOMAN SUTEDJA ◽  
ANAK AGUNG MADE ASTININGSIH

Study of Assorted Fermentation Methods Conducted by Local Farmers on the Quality of VCocoa Beans (Theobroma Cacao L.). Various fermentation methods have been done by local farmers, however there has been no report on the quality of cocoa beans from those methods. This study aims were to identify various ways of cocoa beans fermentation conducted by local farmers; to compare between quality of fermented beans produced by local farmers and suggested quality of fermented beans; and o obtain a simple fermentation method which resulted in good quality beans and suitable practice for local farmers. The research wasconducted in Tabanan Regency, Province of Bali through field survey with observation and interview method, and supported with literature study. According to field observation and analysis of fermented cocoa beans taken from the local farmers, it can be concluded that most of local farmers did not fermented their kakao seeds. Thus, the fermentation done by utilizing a plastic sack, a bamboo basket or a wooden box lined and covered with banana leaves. The research also found that implementing similar fermentation methods to the seed did not always resulting similar quality of cocoa beans. Finally, the simplest method for local farmers to ferment the cocoa seed was the fermentation by utilizing basket lined and covered with banana leaves with at least 90kg wet beans.


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