Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development
Year : 2018, Volume : 9, Issue : 12
First page : ( 1319) Last page : ( 1323)
Print ISSN : 0976-0245. Online ISSN : 0976-5506.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0976-5506.2018.02064.8

Fiber Content and Acceptability of Rice Bran Cookies for Young Women in Mamuju Regency

Irwan Zaki

Department of Nutrition, Health Polytechnicof Mamuju Health Ministry, Jl. Poros Mamuju Kalukku Km. 16 Tadui West Sulawesi Indonesia

Online published on 2 February, 2019.

Abstract

Obesity is a detrimental overweight medical condition and it increases health problems. adolescent Prevalence (very fat) aged 13–18 years of West Sulawesi Province at 2.1%. Fiber is a substance that can prevent the occurrence of obesity. Rice Bran is a by-product of rice mills, with a total production of 4.8 million tons/year. Rice Bran contains high enough fber, which can be processed into various products, one of them is cookies. The purpose of the study was to determine the fber content of the substitution of rice bran cookies and acceptability. This research is a laboratory experiment to fnd out the absorption capacity, while the acceptability uses an organoleptic test that uses as many as 30 young women as panelists in Mamuju Regency. Fiber content was obtained from gravimetric tests and acceptability was obtained through organoleptic tests using a questionnaire. The results of this study indicate that the highest fber content of rice bran cookies is 45% from bran substitution with an average of 5.65% with an acceptance test of 70% likes of taste, 70% likes of texture, 80% likes of color, and 60% likes of favor. Rice bran cookies can be a rich in fber snack for teenagers, especially foryoung women.

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Keywords

Bran, cookies and fiber.

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