“Pemilihan Komposisi Serbuk Instan Jahe Merah yang Layak Dipasarkan Berdasarkan Uji Mutu dan Uji Selera Pasar“

There are many traditional healthy drink haven’t standarized which sold in the market. One of them is an instant powder made from red ginger. Researcher make 3 type of red ginger instant powder that have different composition, after that testing of quality based on Standar Nasional Indonesia (SNI) and testing of the best taste that liked by consumer. The samples of this research are red ginger instant powder I, the composition are one proportion of red ginger and one proportion of sugar (1:1); red ginger instant powder II, the composition are one proportion of red ginger and two proportion of sugar (1:2); and red ginger instant powder III, the composition are one proportion of red ginger and three proportion of sugar (1:3). Every red ginger instant powder must be test of quality there are organoleptic, water content, moisture content, sugar total, total plate count, total yeast and mould count and most probability number coliform, and liked consumer test. The result of research red ginger instant powder I, II, and III there are have good quality on organoleptic, water content, moisture content, total plate count, yeast total yeast and mould count and most probability number coliform, but have bad quality on sugar total. At liked consumer test red ginger instant powder I get 32%, red ginger instant powder II get 38,17%, red ginger instant powder III get 29,83%. The most liked by consumer of red ginger instant powder is red ginger instant powder II. The best choice of 3 type red ginger instant powder based on quality test and liked consumer test is red ginger instant powder II. Keywords: red ginger, red ginger instant powder, quality test, liked consumer tes