Health benefits of consumption of chicken sausage enhanced with local beetroot powder

Abstract

Sausage is a community’s product, a processed meat product which is wrapped in a casing. Sausages with high-fat content contain high calories and will cause weight gain if consumed excessively. The impact of consuming sausage can be caused if high-fat and high-calorie sausages are consumed continuously for a long time. Increasing public awareness of health demands for sausage products that are safe for consumption. This study aimed to determine the health benefit of consuming sausage enriched with local beetroot powder on the performance and lipid profile of white rats (Rattus novergicus L.). This study used white rats Spraque-Dawley strain male, aged between 7-8 months with a weight of 180 to 200 g. This research is equipped with ethical clearance number: 00116/04/LPPT/XII/18. The research material was 25 individuals who were fed AIN 93M and chicken sausage at doses of 1.8, 2.7, and 3.6 g/head/day for 30 days. The results of this study showed that the highest daily body weight gain (ADG) was found in white rats with AIN 93M basal diet of 234.4±3.8 g/head/day while the lowest was found in white rats that consumed chicken sausage enhanced with local beetroot powder at a dose of 2.7 g/head/day was 0.66±0.4 g/head/day. In addition to the achievement of ADG which can be slowed down, it is also necessary to look at the impact on the lipid profile. Tests on the consumption of chicken sausage substituted with 2% local beetroot powder have an effect on increasing HDL, decreasing cholesterol, LDL, triglycerides and glucose if consumed for 3 consecutive weeks. The equivalent dose of white rats into human doses of chicken sausage enhanced with beetroot powder the consumption was 0.33 g/kg BW/day. Based on this, it can be recommended that the consumption of chicken sausage containing 2% local beetroot powder is 0.33 g/kg BW/day with a maximum time limit for regular consumption for 3 weeks