Pectin Limo Ctirus
Prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in Indonesia increased by 1.6% from 2013 to 2018. The reason was that people’s diets tend to comsume fast food that contains high carbohydrate and fat but low fiber. Beside that, increased prevalence of DM also caused by the accumulation of oxidative stress. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the intake of fiber and antioxidants that can reduce blood glucose level in people with DM. Examples of foods that contain fiber and antioxidant are limau orange peel pectin and yellow pumpkin. These foods can be made into limau orange peel pudding with addition of yellow pumpkin. The research aims to identify dietary fiber content, antioxidant activity and physical properties of limau orange peel pudding with addition of yellow pumpkin. Experimental method with descriptive analysis applied for the method. The results of chemical properties analysis were dietary fiber content ranged from 1.24 - 2.08% and antioxidant activity IC50 ranged from 3.79 - 9.34% b/v. The results of physical properties analysis were gel strength ranged from 218.40 - 245.33 gf and syneresis at 24 hours ranged from 9.09 - 21.59%; at 48 hours ranged from 15.91 - 28.41% and at 72 hours ranged from 21.59 - 29.55%. It concluded that the more addition of yellow pumpkin causes antioxidant activity and syneresis increases but dietary fiber content decreases. The highest antioxidant activity and syneresis were in F3 pudding while the highest dietary food content was in F1 pudding.