PENGGUNAAN KERTAS AKTIF BERBASIS OLEORESIN AMPAS JAHE EMPRIT (Zingiber officinale var. amarum) TERHADAP KUALITAS BUAH STROBERI (Fragaria x ananassa) SELAMA PENYIMPANAN

Strawberries (Fragaria x ananassa) are one of the horticultural commodities which have a high production and nutritional value. However, strawberries susceptible to loss of quality during postharvest. Changes in the quality of strawberries among others physical, chemical, and microbiological. Therefore, strawberries are required handling during storage with packaging. Active paper packaging based on oleoresin of ginger dreg 2% containing active substances that inhibit the growth of microbes. This research uses current active paper packaging based on oleoresin ginger dreg as a packaging of strawberries. The purpose of this research was to determine the effect of using active paper packaging based on oleoresin of ginger dreg on the quality of strawberries during 12 days of storage at 10 ± 2 ºC. Results of ANOVA analysis with 5% significance shows that the use of active paper packaging based on oleoresin ginger dreg effect on weight loss strawberries for 12 days of storage, color of red on the 3rd, 9th, and 12th day of storage, total acid titration on the 12th day of storage, total dissolved solids on 9th and 12th day of storage, and vitamin C on the 12th day of storage. The hardness and pH value are not affected by the current active paper packaging based on oleoresin ginger dreg during 12 days of storage. Total microbial of strawberries with active paper laying variation has a total microbial lower than strawberries control