Extraction of Black Pepper Non-Volatile Components as an Industrial Material

Abstract

Pepper (Piper nigrum L.) is a commodity that is quite important in Indonesia, both in terms of agribusiness and agro-industry aspects. From the aspect of agribusiness or cultivation, pepper can be seen as a potential plantation farming business as a plant industry because of its high productivity and selling value. [1] stated that pepper (can be cultivated, because it is one of the plantation commodities that has a high selling value and wide use. Plantation business is a combination of human components and physical and non-physical components [2]. This business is ecologically a system whose success is determined by the components mentioned above as subsystems, where these components influence each other and complement each other in the process of fulfilling the needs of human life. One of the innovations made by pepper farmers is in the form of environmentally friendly pepper cultivation. From the agro-industry aspect, pepper is a commodity that can be used as a variety of industrial materials from upstream to downstream, from the industrial extraction process to its use as raw material for finished products. The extraction result is in the form of oleoresin which is used as a flavor in the food industry as well as a raw material for the pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries. The by-products of the pepper processing process are made in the form of fertilizer and activated carbon.