Pemanfaatan Stearin Kelapa Sawit Sebagai Edible Coating Buah Jeruk

Edible coatings represent preservation techniques also function as a packaging material that is applied directly to food items including fruits. Its use is intended to extend the shelf life and improve the quality of food products and is biodegradable materials that are more environmentally friendly. Research Stearin use as edible coating on citrus fruits have been done. The use of stearin used was 0%, 0.1% and 0.2% combined with gelatin at a fixed amount that is 2 g. Edible coatings applied to citrus fruit which gained the best results are stearin 0.1% with test results shrinkage lowest weight on day 12 amounted to 5.598% for the treatment of immersion and can retain the vitamin C content of 40.3 mg / 100 g and can maintain antioksioksidan to 12 days with the antioxidant content of 74.7%