The Number of Bacteria, Antioxidant Capacity, and Organoleptic Properties of Red Ginger Fried Chicken

Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum is a spice that has the ability to inhibit bacterial growth and has a good antioxidant capacity. This study aims to determine the effect of adding Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum 0%, 10%, 20%, 30%, 40% on day 0, 1, and 2 on the number of bacteria, antioxidant capacity and hedonic properties which include the taste, aroma, and color of Red ginger fried chicken. This type of research was an experimental research with a completely randomized factorial design (CRD). The data obtained were then analyzed statistically using ANOVA and continued with Duncan's Multiple Range Test (DMRT) to obtained differences. Each treatment was repeated twice. The results showed that the addition of the concentration of Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum 0%, 10%, 20%, 30% and 40% in Red ginger fried chicken had a significant effect on the number of bacteria and antioxidant capacity on day 0, 1, 2 and had a significant effect on the hedonic properties on day 0. (taste, color and aroma) on the hedonic properties on day 0. (taste, color and aroma). The addition of Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum 40% gave the best results on the number of bacteria, antioxidant capacity and hedonic properties. To conclude, the higher the addition of Alpinia purpurata (Vieill.) K. Schum to Red ginger fried chicken resulted on the lower the number of bacteria and the greater the antioxidant capacity and the more preferred hedonic properties.

The Influence of Office Employees’ Eating Behaviour Due to Stress: The Case of Universiti Malaysia Sabah Office Employees

It is common for stressful people to seek relief through eating their favourite foods or comfort foods. However, these foods can be unhealthy if taken too frequently. The study focuses on determining the university office employees’ choice of comfort foods and investigating the influence of stress on their eating behaviours. Among all of Universiti Malaysia Sabah office employees, 337 were selected through stratified sampling. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data. Descriptive and one-way ANOVA analysis were used. Findings showed most respondents were within medium level of stress. Based on the findings of IES, the differences on stress levels on respondents’ comfort food intake were significant (F (2, 334) =8.71, p lower than 0.05). However, respondents are found to enjoy consuming comfort foods regardless of stress levels and will choose comfort foods to satisfy hunger. This highlights the importance of diet intervention to be included as a component in stress management as to aid the prevention of diet-related diseases among the university office employees.

Effect Incorporated of Oat and Corn Cob Powder on Physicochemical and Sensory Properties of Putu Piring

The growing consumer demand for healthy food products has turned the interest of industry and researcher in the development of foods enriched with fibre source. Oat and corn cob powder is one of the fibre sources that rich in insoluble fibers, such as cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin which beneficial the consumer in many ways for a healthy diet. The objective of this study was to investigate the effect of oat and corn cob powder incorporation on the sensory acceptability and physicochemical properties of putu piring at different levels of percentage ratio of oat and corn cob (control 0 percent OP: 0 percent CCP A, 0 percent OP: 100 percent CCP B, 30 percent OP:70 percent CCP C, 50 percent OP:50 percent CCP D, 70 percent OP:30 percent CCP E and 100 percent OP: 0 percent CCP F). Physical analysis showed that the colour of putu piring for L* value ranges from 74.17 to 19.76, a* value ranges from 0.23 to 1.90 and b* value ranges from 13.97 to 20.65. Sensory evaluation results showed that putu piring control (formulation A) scored the highest and no significant different (p lower than 0.05) compare followed by 30 percent OP: 70 percent CCP (formulation C) and 50 percent OP: 50 percent CCP (formulation D) in all attributes being evaluated. Proximate analysis showed that putu piring incorporated with oat and corn cob powder has significantly different (p lower than 0.05) in terms of crude fibre content. It is interesting to note that the incorporation of oat and corn cob powder yielded putu piring can improves the nutritive value of the product to become high fibre products.

Physical and Chemistry Characteristics of Ice Cream with Additional Bitter Melon Puree

Ice cream made from added with bitter melon puree it is hoped will get a unique taste. The processing of this ice cream utilizes the abundant yield of bitter melon from an area. This study aims to examine the chemical properties (vitamin C, and β-carotene) and physical properties (viscosity, overrun, and melting power). The type of research used is experimental research. The design in this study used a completely randomized design (CRD) with one treatment, namely the addition of bitter melon puree with three percentages (50 percent, 40 percent, 30 percent). The data obtained were then analyzed using the ANOVA method if there was a difference followed by DMRT. There are significant differences in vitamin C levels, β-carotene levels, viscosity, overrun value, and melting power. The highest levels of vitamin C were found in the addition of bitter melon puree by 50 percent, the highest β-carotene levels were found in the addition of bitter melon puree by 50 percent, viscosity was found in the addition of bitter melon puree by 50 percent, the highest overrun value was found in the addition of bitter melon puree by 50 percent, and the highest melting power was found in the addition of bitter melon puree by 50 percent. The conclusion obtained from this study is that the addition of more bitter melon puree will increase levels of vitamin C, β-carotene levels, viscosity, overrun, and melting power.

Business Analysis of Puff Pastry Dough as a Gluten-free Casein-free Diet based on MOCAF Flour and Moringa Leaves for Autism Children

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has a digestive disorder called intestinal mucosal hypermeability, it happens because autism children cannot digest foods that contain gluten and casein, this problem can be overcome by implementing the GFCF (gluten-free casein-free) diet. The purpose of this study was to analyze the dream pastry business opportunity, which is a sheet-shaped puff pastry dough applying GFCF diet therapy. This puff pastry dough is in the shape of a sheet so that it is easy to make creation foods according to the autism children’s favorites. Dream Pastry product design is made from MOCAF flour as a source of gluten-free carbohydrates. It combined with Moringa leaf powder as a natural colorant. Dream Pastry's product development analysis consists of developing product concepts and developing business opportunities. The product concept development consists of processing MOCAF, Moringa leaves to the MOCAF-Moringa combination. Meanwhile, business opportunity analysis uses open a business straight in demand and the analysis of STP (Segmenting, Targeting, Positioning). The analysis were carried out using Market Sizing, while the market potential prediction used TAM (Total Available Market) of autism children recorded in Indonesia as many as 16,987 students. Then, for the SAM (Served Available Market), the author chose East Java as the initial market niche for product distribution. Also, the prediction of sales in the first month called SOM (Share of Market) as many as 106 boxes.