| Summary: | Packaging of food is very important to protect food from damage. Nearly
all food packaging materials was made from plastic which is not environmentally
friendly. Concern for the environment is causing the expansion of research on
edible packaging. One type of edible packaging is edible film . Edible film is one
of the alternative food packaging which is environmentally friendly and can be
eaten as using renewable materials. One of the components of edible films is
polysacharide (carbohidrate). Straw is the part of jackfruit that unutilized, the
jackfruit straw flour consists of 71,53% carbohydrate. The aim of this research
was to identify the consumer acceptance of edible film based on the jackfruit
straw flour.
Consumer acceptance analysis was done with brainstorming and hedonic
test (organoleptic). Product attributes that was tested are the shape, color,
texture, strength, flavor, aroma, and environmentally friendly with standard
products plastic packaging in cereal drinks. A hedonic analysis of experimental
data was processing using spider diagram and t test. If the results of the analysis
of variance H0 (there is no significant difference between the quality attributes of
edible film packaging and plastic packaging) was received that mean edible film
products can be accepted by consumers, where if H0 (there is no significant
difference between the quality attributes of edible film packaging and plastic
packaging) was refused that means edible film product can not be accepted by
consumers.
The results of this study of consumer acceptance of the edible film based
onthe jackfruit straw flour as a material packaging cereal powder was not
accepted as a whole. Attributes derived from edible film packaging material just
flavor, texture, and environmentally friendly. Cereal packaging from plastic
packaging was more acceptable than edible film, t test results showed that the
average value of the two differ significantly. This indicates that the jackfruit straw
flour edible film was not yet received by consumer.
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