PENGARUH FORMULASI DAN ASAL BIJI KAKAO FERMENTASI TERHADAP MUTU DAN CITARASA DARK CHOCOLATE. (Effect of Formulation and Fermented Cocoa Beans Origin to Dark chocolate’s Quality and Flavour)

Research on the effect of formulation and fermented cocoa beans origin to dark chocolate’s quality and flavour has been done. This research aims to know how is the effect of formulation and fermented coco beans origin to the quality and flavours of resulted dark chocolate. This research used 2 (two) treatment . First treatment was origin of coco beans used on the research (A), in which : South Sulawesi (A1), West Sulawesi (A2), Central Sulawesi (A3), second treatment was formula quality of dark chocolate to be produced (B), in which medium quality (B1) and high quality formula (B2). Testing parameter used were water moisture, fat content, sucrose content, FFA, fatty acid, amino acid, polyphenol, flavour, TPC and melting point. Research result can be concluded that formulation and origin of fermented cocoa beans affecting quality and flavourof resulted dark chocolate in tenns of melting point, amino acids content, fatty acids, polyphenol content, and flavour score. Dark chocolate produced Central Sulawesi both for medium quality and high quality had higher polyphenol content compare to those from both South and West Sulawesi.Keywords : Cocoa beans, fermentation, dark chocolate, medium quality, high quality, flavour.ABSTRAK Penelitian Pengaruh Formulasi Dan Asal Biji Kakao Fermentasi Terhadap Mutu Dan Citarasa Dark Chocolate telah dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana pengaruh formulasi da asal biji kakao fermentasi terhadap mutu dan citarasa dark chocolate yang dihasilkan. Pada penelitian pembuatan Dark Chocolate menggunakan 2 (dua) perlakuan . Perlakuan pertama yaitu Asal Daerah (provinsi) biji kakao yang digunakan (A) yaitu ; Sulawesi Selatan (A1), Sulawesi Barat (A2), Sulawesi Tengah (A3), dan perlakuan ke dua adalah formula/kualitas Dark Chocolate yang akan di buat (B), yaitu Formula Kualitas sedang (B1), dan Formula Kualitas Tinggi (B2). Parameter uji yang digunakan adalah kadar air, kadar lemak, kadar gula, FFA, asam lemak, asam amino, polifenol, citarasa, ALT dan titik leleh. Dari hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa formulasi dan asal biji kakao fermentasi mempengaruhi mutu dan citarasa dark chocolate yang dihasilkan terutama dari segi titik leleh, kadar asam amino, asam lemak, kadar polifenol dan nilai citarasa. Dark chocolate yang dihasilkan dari kakao asal Sulawesi tengah baik kualitas sedang maupun kualitas tinggi memiliki kandungan polifenol tertinggi dibanding dark chocolate dari Sulawesi Selatan dan Sulawesi Barat.Kata Kunci : Biji kakao, fermentasi, dark chocolate, kualitas sedang, kualitas tinggi, mutu, citarasa