Optimasi Waktu dan Suhu Pemeraman untuk Meningkatkan Kualitas Analog Keju secara Mikrobiologis, Fisiko-Kimia, dan Sensori

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Muhammad Fajrul Arief
Lia Agustin
Agnesia Bunga Nurhayati

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Latar belakang: Meningkatnya tren gaya hidup vegan dan pola makan berbasis nabati telah memicu permintaan industri pangan untuk memproduksi analog keju. Tantangan utama dalam penelitian ini adalah menghasilkan produk yang menyerupai keju konvensional.
Tujuan: Kebaharuan dari penelitian ini adalah penggunaan Geotrichum candidum yang dikombinasikan dengan waktu dan suhu pemeraman untuk meningkatkan kualitas keju nabati secara mikrobiologis, fisiko-kimia, dan sensori.
Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan rancangan acak lengkap dengan dua faktor, yaitu waktu dan suhu. Data penelitian diolah menggunakan ANOVA dan DMRT.
Hasil dan Pembahasan: Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa waktu pemeraman berpengaruh (p<0,01) terhadap viabilitas, nilai pH, proteolisis, lipolisis, kadar air, moisture-free-fat-basis (MFFB), flavor, dan tekstur serta berpengaruh (p<0,05) terhadap fat-in-dry-matter (FDM) dan kadar abu. Suhu pemeraman sebanding dengan viabilitas, proteolisis, lipolisis, FDM, flavor, tekstur, kadar lemak, protein, dan abu meski berbanding terbalik terhadap nilai pH, kadar air, dan MFFB (p<0,01). Interaksi antara waktu dan suhu terjadi pada viabilitas, proteolisis, lipolisis, flavor, dan tekstur (p<0,05).
Kesimpulan: Teknik pemeraman yang direkomendasikan adalah D4T3 yaitu 15 °C selama 90 hari. Strategi tersebut mampu menghasilkan analog keju dengan kualitas mikrobiologis (viabilitas, proteolisis dan lipolisis masing-masing sebesar 5,54 log CFU/mL, 3,55 mM Gly/L, dan 24,21 mol oleat/jam), fisiko-kimia (MFFB, kadar air, kadar protein, FDM, kadar abu, dan kadar lemak masing-masing sebesar 59%, 55%, 21%, 17%, 13% dan 10% serta kualitas sensori (flavor dan tekstur) yang paling disukai panelis.

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Muhammad Fajrul Arief, Fakultas Peternakan, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

Muhammad Fajrul Arief, dilahirkan di Tuban, 20 Februari 1995. Penulis menyelesaikan pendidikan S1 Jurusan Peternakan Universitas Brawijaya tahun 2018, S2 jurusan Ilmu Ternak Universitas Brawijaya tahun 2023.

Lia Agustin, Fakultas Sains dan Teknologi, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

Lia Agustin, dilahirkan di Nganjuk, 22 Agustus 1998. Penulis menyelesaikan pendidikan S1 jurusan Matematika Universitas Airlangga tahun 2020.

Agnesia Bunga Nurhayati, Program Studi Sarjana Terapan Gizi dan Dietetika, Politeknik Kesehatan Kemenkes Malang, Malang, Indonesia

Agnesia Bunga Nurhayati, dilahirkan di Ponorogo, 18 Agustus 1999. Penulis menyelesaikan pendidikan S1 jurusan Gizi dan Dietetik Universitas Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan tahun 2021.

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