ANALISIS PENGGUNAAN VARIASI ARANG AKTIF TERHADAP TOTAL PADATAN TERLARUT (TPT) DAN WARNA SEBAGAI PENGHAMBAT KEMATANGAN BUAH SAWO (Manilkara zapota L.)

Abstract

Sapodilla (Manilkara zapota L.) is known originated from southern Mexico and then spread to Southeast Asia,  including the Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. In Indonesia, sapodilla fruit is one of the fruits that people like because it tastes sweet and has a distinctive aroma. Sapodilla is a fruit that is classified as a climacteric fruit that is easily damaged, especially during the storage and shipping process, so proper postharvest processing is required. One of the postharvest processing of fruit is to reduce the ethylene gas contained in the fruit using ethylene absorbent materials. The purpose of this study was to analyze the use of bidara active charcoal variations as an inhibitor of sapodilla fruit maturity and to examine changes in fruit quality during the 10 day storage period. This study used One Way Anova analysis with one treatment, namely the variation of activated charcoal consisting of control treatment, 1 gr, 3 gr, and 5 gr. The parameters tested were total soluble solid (TSS) and color. The results showed that activated charcoal could not inhibit the ripening of sapodilla fruit with treatment P0 being the treatment with the lowest TSS value, namely 0.8^oBrix and the largest ratio of color effects (∆E Value) of 24.