Pemanfaatan Limbah Kulit Buah Semangka (Citrullus lanatus) sebagai Bahan Baku Pembuatan Nata

Abstract

Watermelon is a plant of the Cucurbitaceae family (pumpkin) which is seasonal watermelon has many benefits as well as its skin, watermelon skin contains a variety of vitamins and minerals that are very beneficial for the body besides the skin of watermelon can also be used as raw material processed foods such as Nata. This study aims to determine whether the watermelon rind waste can be used as raw material for making nata based on texture parameters, thickness, weight, color, yield and water content and fiber content. The method used in this study is a descriptive qualitative method with different observations, namely 10 days, 12 days and 14 days to see physical changes during the Nata fermentation process. Watermelon skin samples were taken randomly from juice and fruit traders. The results showed that based on observations of 10.12 and 14 days the average thickness of the three nata was 1.7 cm, 2.2 cm, 2.2 cm, and average average weight of the three nata 756.3g, 802.0g, 822.3g, chewy nata texture, turbid white color, sour aroma. and the yield of nata on the 14th day is 82.3%, 79.5%, 82.7% and the fiber content is 4.31% and the water content is 97.8%.