Characteristics of sweet potatoes flour used as emergency food based on the type of varieties and the duration of fermentation

Abstract

Sweet potato breeding at the Padjadjaran University farmland has produced new clones of sweet potatoes, Awachy 5 and Biang Varieties. Both clones contain high starch content, 25.46% and 15.96% respectively, having a good potential to be processed into flour as raw material for emergency food. However, due to poorly functional and amylograph characteristics, the clones need to be modified, one of which through fermentation. The objective of the study was to select the best varieties type of sweet potatoes and to determine the appropriate duration of fermentation to produce fermented sweet potatoes with the best physical, chemical and amylograph characteristics. The research method used was Randomized Block Design, consisting of 8 treatments and 3 repetitions. Awachy 5 and Biang Varieties were fermented for 0, 24, 48 and 72 hours respectively. The results showed that the fermented sweet potatoes flour of Awachy 5 with 72 hours of fermentation have produced the best characteristics of physical, chemical and amylograph, 7.21 ml/g swelling volume, 8.4% solubility, 84.37oC initial gelatinization temperature, 5092 cP peak viscosity, 2471 cP breakdown viscosity, 1089 cP setback viscosity, 68.04% starch content and 3.51% water content.