Characteristic of isolated crude bromelain extract from cayenne pineapple crown in various drying temperature and its effect on meat texture
Bromelain enzyme is a protease enzyme that is abundantly found in pineapples. Pineapple crown is a part of pineapple that contains bromelain enzyme which its content remains unknown. This study was aimed to discover the effect of drying on the moisture content, yield, and characteristics of the enzyme of cayenne pineapple crown, namely protein content, activity units and specific activities. This study also aimed to discover its effect on the beef texture with a difference in duration in the immersion process. The method used was different drying temperatures of 55oC, 50oC, 45oC, 40oC, 35oC, and 30oC which was analysed descriptively and the difference of immersion duration in beef using the Completely Randomized Design (CRD) method with four treatments, namely immersion duration of 0-hour, 2-hrs, 4-hrs, 6-hrs with 5 repetitions. The results obtained was the optimal drying temperature was 55oC due to its best moisture content, protein content, and best enzyme characteristics and it was known that there was a significant effect (p<0.05) of immersion duration on the meat texture with the optimal immersion duration of 4 hrs with the best texture.