Effect of Differences in Salt Concentration on the Quality of Rebon Shrimp Paste (Acetes Sp) in Tegal District

Abstract

Rebon Shrimp Paste (RSP) in Indonesia uses different percentages of salt addition, ranging from 2 to 20% or not at all. This study aims to determine the influence of different salt concentration (5%, 10%, 15% and without salt) on the quality of RSP organoleptic, microbiological and chemical. This research was conducted in Munjung Agung, Tegal and Cirebon Fisheries Product Quality Testing and Application Laboratory. The results showed that the addition of different salt concentration (5%, 10%,15% and without salt) affected the quality of organoleptics, microbiology, and chemistry. Organoleptic quality with salt concentration of 5% and 10% favored panelists with an average value of 6.8 (not yet meeting Indonesian National Standards). The highest water content value is found in RSP that are not added salt (40,19%-43,22%) and lowest at 15% salt concentration (31,12%-34,82%) in accordance with the SNI. E.Coli and Salmonella growth was negative in all four samples and didn’t different materially, according to SNI standard 2716.1:2009. The best increase in salt concentration in the study was 5%, with an average organoleptic value of 6.8 in the coliform contamination sample A2 APM/g < 3, negative E.Coli and Salmonela with a water content value of 39.15.