INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC & TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH VOLUME 9, ISSUE 02, FEBRUARY 2020 ISSN 2277-8616 5504 IJSTR©2020 www.ijstr.org Hedonic Test Of Bejabi Formula By Using Various Local Food In A Food Diversification Program Martos Havena, Najla Lubis, Leni Marlina, Syarifah Riska Mela Putri Abstract: Bejabi is rice, corn and tuber which is the raw material of making analog rice. In this time, rice is the main food ingredient of the Indonesia people. Increasing demand for rice, causing the government still import rice to maintain the stability of food security. Though Indonesia has many sources of other carbohydrates as staple food. The government has also promoted the program to consume alternative staple food such as cassava, sweet potato, corn, taro and others as a substitute for rice. However, the community has not been able to run the program because it is used to consume rice, so the government must find a solution to change the habits of the Indonesia people. This study aims to convert alternative staple food into analogue rice where the shape and texture almost resemble real rice. And change the mindset of people about artificial rice that not all artificial rice is dangerous. So it is expected that the community is easier to accept and consume basic staple food. This type of research is experimental research with the manufacture of analog rice products that will be tested of hedonic. Data were obtained through experiments on panelists with hedonic test. The research design used was Completely Randomized Design with 1 treatment and 5 levels i.e Rice composition analogous to corn: sweet potatoes: cassava: taro; K1 (1: 1: 1: 1), K2 (2: 1: 1: 1), K3 (1: 2: 1: 1), K4 (1: 1: 2: 1), K5 (1: 1: 1: 2). Stages performed are formulation, precondition, extrusion and drying. The result of the hedonic test, the most preferred formula of BEJABI is the formula K2. Based on the results of laboratory analysis of the BEJABI nutrition, the highest carbohydrate was contained in cassava, the highest protein contained in corn, the highest fat contained by purple sweet potato, and the highest moisture and fiber contained in taro. Index Term: analog rice, corn, tuber, food diversity, bejabi —————————— ◆ —————————— 1 INTRODUCTION Rice is the main food in Indonesia. However, the availability of rice has not been able to meet the rice consumption needs of the Indonesian population so that the Government is still importing rice from outside. This shows that food self-sufficiency has not been achieved and if this is left unchecked it will certainly threaten national food security. According to the Food Security Council [1], food security can be realized if it can fulfill two aspects at once, namely the availability of adequate and even food for all people. Second, every community has physical and economic access to meet the adequacy of nutrition to live a healthy and productive life. Because of functional food which is currently starting to develop, along with the increasing demand for functional food and public awareness about health, increasing sufferers of degenerative diseases and the elderly population, commercial product development, scientific evidence of the benefits of functional food components, and the development of food technology. Upstream activities include crop development and cultivation. Downstream activities include process optimization,machinery design, and developing analog rice with specific properties, such as low glycemic index, high fiber content with hypocholesterolemic activity, and chemo-preventive activity [2]. Analog rice can also be called BEJABI, namely rice, corn and tubers. Because rice is a source of carbohydrates, analog rice must be made from ingredients which are also known as carbohydrate sources which are usually stored in plants in the form of starch. Other ingredients needed in making analog rice are fiber or flour (starch containing fiber), water, lipids, binder and setting materials as well as optional additives such as coloring, flavor, fortification and antioxidants. In general, rice is consumed together with other food ingredients such as side dishes that have high protein content so that the value of analog rice protein intake can be increased. But if you want additional micronutrient ingredients such as vitamin B, vitamin A, iron and so on, fortification can be done at the time of formulation. Several analog rice fortifications carried out by several researchers such as rice fortification analogous to iron, zinc and vitamins, iron, zinc, thiamin and folic acid, and vitamin A [3,4,5,6]. Some local food ingredients that can be used are corn tuber taro, sweet potatoes, cassava, and the addition of beet tuber. The advantage of using substitute food ingredients is that raw materials are always available and inexpensive, easy to plant and good for health as it can reduce the number of diabetes due to reduced consumption of rice. The method commonly used to make analog rice is extrusion [7,8,9,10,11] and granulation methods [12,13,14,15]. 2 MATERIAL AND METHODS This research has been conducted at the Kopertis Region 1 Growth Center Laboratory, University of North Sumatra's Natural and Biochemistry Laboratory and the Pembangunan Panca Budi Laboratory from February to July in 2018. The tools used are basins, spoons, scales, stoves, steams, ________________________________________ • Martos Havena, Agrotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan, Indonesia. Email : havena.martos@gmail.com • Najla Lubis, Agrotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan, Indonesia. Email : najla_lubis@pancabudi.ac.id • Leni Marlina, Computer Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, Universitas Pembangunan Panca Budi, Medan, Indonesia. Email : lheny@pancabudi.ac.id • Syarifah Riska Mela Putri, Postgraduate Student Of Biology Departement, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Sumatera Utara, Medan, Indonesia. Email: syarifah_mela@yahoo.co.id • One of the efforts in dealing with this problem is the manufacture of analog rice as a healthier alternative food. Analogous rice is artificial rice which is a form of diversification of food stuffs by utilizing local food ingredients.