Fortification of sago noodles with fish meal skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis)

Abstract

Sago is a carbohydrate-producing food commodity in large quantities but has a low protein content. The interaction of protein and carbohydrates in sago noodles is expected to help improve nutritional value. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the effect of the fortification of skipjack tuna fish meal in increasing the quality of sago noodles. Experimental design using a completely randomized design of one factor, namely the fortification of fish meal with five levels (0%, 8%, 10%, 12%, and 14%). Sago noodle characteristics with the fortification of fish meal were investigated. Result evaluation showed that the fortification of fish meal had the optimum concentration that can be used to increase the nutritional content of sago noodles is fortification of fish meal 14% with chemical characteristics, namely 2.16% ash content, 7.70% protein content, and 0.17% fat content.

Keywords:
fish meal; fortification; noodles; sago