Abstract :
ABSTRACT
Aulia Joana. B.1610756. Quality Characteristics of Hard Candy with the addition
of Bangka White Pepper (Piper nigrum Linn). Supervised by Rosy hutami and
Dwi Aryanti Nur?utami.
This study aims to diversify white pepper as an ingredient in hard candy
products. This study used a factorial Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with
two factors, namely the ratio of sucrose to glucose (50:50), and (70:30) and the
concentration of white pepper (1%, 3%, 5%). Product analysis includes hedonic
test as a determinant of selected products and chemical analysis, microbiological
analysis, sensory quality test and energy content calculation of selected products.
The data analysis used was ANOVA with Duncan's Advanced Test. The results
showed that the hard candy selected was a 50:50 ratio of sucrose and glucose with
the addition of 1% white pepper. Selected white pepper hard candy has a moisture
content of 3.46%, an ash content of 0.89%, a reduced sugar content of 11.31%,
62.93% saccharose content, and a total plate number of 8 x 101
colonies/g, a fat
content of 12%, and protein content of 1.43%. The antioxidant activity of selected
white pepper hard candy had an IC50 value of 141208.03 mg/L, an AEAC of
20.58 mg/100g Vit.C, and% inhibition of 17.66%. The energy content of the
selected products is 1.38 kcal/100gr. The results of the sensory quality test of the
selected products, the color parameters lead to golden yellow (8.31), the taste
leads to spicy (5,58), the aroma leads to no pepper aroma (2.86), and the texture is
hard (4, 34).
Keywords: Hard candy, Bangka White pepper, antioxidants, sucrose