Analysis of oil content proximate of rice bran of Banyuwangi Regency

Abstract

Banyuwangi Regency is one of the largest rice producers in Indonesia. This district at the eastern tip of Java is even nicknamed the national rice barn. Banyuwangi always has a surplus of 300,000 tons of rice every year. This increase in rice consumption will have an impact on high rice bran production. Considering the benefits and potential of rice bran as an industrial raw material, activities can later be developed to process rice bran into industrial raw materials with higher economic value. A processed product derived from rice bran that has the potential to be developed is rice bran oil. This research aims to determine the proximate content of rice bran oil. Through the process of analyzing the characteristics of rice bran oil (moisture content, protein content, fat content, salt content, pH content and ash content) to determine the content of rice bran oil and palm oil as a comparison with proximate tests through a Completely Randomized Design with testing of rice bran oil and palm oil through 3 repetitions in testing. Further testing used the Duncan test with observation parameters in the proximate test. The research results showed that the best results for water content, protein content, fat content, salt content, pH content and ash content were refined rice bran oil compared to palm oil. This is a reference that rice bran oil is still better than palm oil in general. This research will later be able to increase the income of rice farmers. Apart from producing rice, they can also make rice bran oil.