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Generally, fruits are processed into processed products such as jam, jelly, lunkhead, fruit juice, fruit tea drinks, syrup, canned fruit, dry or wet candied jam. In addition to fruit, currently vegetables can also be used in various forms and types of food because they also have high nutrients, especially vitamins and minerals. Pineapple (Ananas comosus) contains many nutrients including vitamin A, calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, sodium, potassium, dextrose, sucrose, and the enzyme bromelain (bromelain) is one of the important and useful components in the pharmaceutical field and food. Bromelain enzymes can hydrolyze proteins (proteolysis) and relatively resistant to heat. Pineapple is generally consumed directly, but in order to remind the economic value and extend a shelf of life, processing is carried out. Fruit juice is a liquid that is taken, squeezed or removed from the fruit by pressing or pressing by other mechanisms. With this research, the results of processed pineapple juice are combined with other drinks according to the composition which used as a signature drink from Bintan Cakrawala Polytechnic. In this study, it was tested using an organoleptic test that assessed the physical quality properties such as color, aroma and flavor. From the results of this test, the average results were obtained, namely for flavor with a value of 6.87 for a dose of 75 ml of pineapple juice, for color with a value of 6.88 for a dose of 50 ml of pineapple juice and finally for color with a value of 6.62 for a dose. pineapple juice as much as 75 ml.





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Pineapple Juice Organoleptic Test Bintan Cakrawala Polytechnic

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