Abstract :
The increasing taste of food and drink can be done by adding food
additives one of them is saccharin as an synthetic sweetener. Saccharin is used as
a sugar substitute because of the high level of sweeteners and the price is
relatively cheap. Jenang merah is one of the potential market snacks is added
saccharin in the making. This research purpose to determine the presence and
levels of saccharin-sweetener in jenang merah sold in the Jambangan market
kecamatan Mojogedang kabupaten Karanganyar using 9 samples from 3 sources
of sellers and samples are deliberately added saccharin in the making by
researchers (positive control). The qualitative analysis of saccharin was performed
with the test of resorcinol and thin layer chromatography. The quantitative
saccharin test was determined by UV Spectrophotometry method with a
maximum wavelength of 267,5 nm. Based on the results of the research, the
samples from traders A, B and C contain saccharin which do not meet the
requirements according to the Regulation of the Head of Food and Drug
Administration Republic of Indonesia number 4 of 2014 on Maximum Limitation
of Food Addition of Sweeteners, the use of saccharin on ready to eat foods is 100
mg/kg (0,0100 %w
/w) with the average content is the trader A 0,0154 %w
/w, trader
B 0,0367 %w
/w and trader C 0,0652 %
w
/w. Coefficient of Variation 2.0828 % and
Recovery of 98.7371 %.