Abstract
Paddy rice and rice are the staple foods of the people in Asian region, especially Indonesia. This plant was developed from seeds, developing varieties, planting methods to cooking methods. Without changing preparation at the household level to get better results. Analog rice is one of the nutritious instant food products that has successfully developed. Analog rice is one solution that can be developed in overcoming the availability of food both in terms of the use and application of new food sources (food diversification). Analog rice is a processed product that uses non-rice ingredients or mixes with rice that resembles rice. Non-rice ingredients can use cereal or tubers or mix some ingredients. Analog rice is a substitute for rice in general by using plants that are widely grown in Indonesia, thereby reducing dependence on rice. The purpose of this study was to find the optimal mix composition of cassava flour, corn and taro to produce analog rice and to know the physicochemical properties of analog rice which could replace paddy rice. The results showed that the best analog rice had 128.4% water absorption, 12.51% water content, 71.94% carbohydrate, 8.5% protein, 1.1% fat and 14.09% amylose content included in low amylose rice.
Highlights
In addition to rice, Indonesia has other local food sources such as corn, sorghum, cassava, sweet potatoes, sago, and others
The purpose of this study was to find the optimal composition of the mixture of cassava flour, corn and taro to produce analog rice which could replace the function of rice; know the physical/characteristic properties of analog rice
According to the Directorate of Nutrition, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia (1996) carbohydrates in corn flour are 85.8%; while carbohydrates in taro are 84% according to Richana (2012)
Summary
Indonesia has other local food sources such as corn, sorghum, cassava, sweet potatoes, sago, and others. The advantages of rice in its abundant availability, easy to find and easy processing make it difficult for people to divert their consumption to other non-rice food sources. In order for the food diversification program to be carried out to reduce the level of rice consumption, the local non-rice food source must be processed in such a way that it has characteristics such as rice, both physical properties of grain, delivery, and texture. Analog rice is one of the diversifications of food made from various kinds of flour which can be an alternative food substitute for rice from rice [3]. Corn has beta carotene in addition to functioning as provitamin A, it is widely reported to function as a natural antioxidant, can increase body immunity, and inhibit degenerative damage to cells by counteracting free radicals [4,5,6]
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