Instant Mangosteen Fruit Leather BB-after harvest Steal Attention Visitor Batam PF2N

KBM instant beverages, one technological innovation and superior product BB-Pascapanen, managed to steal the attention of visitors of the National Week Flori Flora (PF2N) in Batam in mid-July 2010 ago. Unlike other beverages outstanding teaching, new technologies produced by research teams under the BB-Pascapanen coordinator Asep Permana W, MSI. was well attended and received visitors a sense of bitterness is greatly reduced.
As has been popular, KBM or mangosteen rind contains xanton, anthocyanin and tannin. KBM products become target of entrepreneurs become a trend because the current use of antioxidants as supplements and therapy of various diseases, especially cancer. KBM instant powder can also be used as a cosmetic, herbal, herbs, supplements, dyes and preservatives.
Mangosteen rind is generally produced with raw skin fresh mangosteen, but the technology developed BB-KBM Pascapanen produce instant powders from dry skin. One advantage of using raw skin is dry mangosteen processing can take place anytime, regardless of the mangosteen fruit season. Importantly, when the season arrives mangosteen, fruit peel were collected and dried.
KBM powdered instant advantage is the wider use and easy to, among others, for instant beverages, herbal medicines or herbal ingredients, blend cosmetics, dyes and food preservatives. In addition, MBC instant powder has a long storage life; easily stored and distributed; unwanted compounds (resins, fibers) is minimal; and contains antioxidants and a high antioxidant capacity. Results per gram of powder analysis shows the levels of anthocyanin instant MBC 1.13 mg, 8.49 mg phenol content, content xanton (alpha mangostin) 0.59 mg and 19.72 mg AEAC antioxidant capacity. This means, in one gram of powdered instant KBM equivalent to 19.72 mg vitamin C.
Currently KBM manufacturing process technology has been patented and is open instant licensed to private parties who are interested. In the scenario, cooperation KBM instant powder production license involves various stakeholders, including farmers / farmer groups, BB-Pascapanen and entrepreneurs.

Put simply, farmers / farmer groups can create KBM KBM dry or flour which then became the raw material powder instant KBM private developed with technology from BB-Pascapanen. Dry processing techniques and fine flour MBC MBC is not difficult and can be ridden farmers, business groups, or households with ease after the training. In such cooperation can Pascapanen BB-guarding technology to production successfully.
The central area mangosteen which has expressed interest in cooperation is the East Java provincial and regency of Sukabumi. The plan will be realized in fiscal year 2011. Just a note, after the process of selecting / sorting and grading for export mangosteen fruit, mangosteen, there is still a large amount of off grade can be processed into juice, mangosteen and powdered instant KBM.

by:litbang deptan