Pembuatan Formula Bolu Kukus Selobit dan Uji Daya terima sebagai Kudapan dalam Upaya Pencegahan Ibu Hamil dengan Kurang Energi Kronis and Anemia

Abstract

The incidence of Chronic Energy Deficiency (CED) in pregnant women can increase the mother's risk of anemia, low body weight, bleeding, infectious diseases, and low birth weight. One of the efforts to reduce the incidence of CED pregnant women is the provision of additional food (PMT). Steamed Bolu can be an alternative to PMT for pregnant women. This study aims to determine the acceptability of beetroot cake as PMT for pregnant women and the effect of giving beetroot steamed cake on pregnant women's Hb levels. This type of research is an experiment with a completely randomized design (CRD). The number of experimental units was 4 treatments and each treatment was repeated with 3 replications. The results of the study were analyzed by ANOVA. The results of the preference test showed that Formula 2 (addition of 150gr of beets) turned out to be preferable in terms of taste (p-value=0.452), and aroma (p-value=0.713). Meanwhile, F1 (addition of 125gr of beets) is preferred in terms of color (p-value=0.922), texture (p-value=0.201), and aroma (p-value=0.713). Formula 3 (addition of 175gr of beetroot) turned out to contain higher energy, protein, fat, carbohydrates, Fe, and water content than other formulas. The results of the trial on pregnant women showed that there was no significant difference between Hb levels before and after being given a steamed sponge. This study concludes that formula 1 (F1) is preferred. Then formula 3 (F3) contains the highest nutrient content. There was no difference in the Hb levels of pregnant women before and after being given steamed beet cake.