The Test Of Acceptance And Nutritional Contents Of TelleFishball Formulation As An Alternative Snack For Pre-school Age Children With Picky Eater Risks Of PEM And VAD

Abstract

Preschool age children experience the golden ageperiode. This research is motivated by the risk of
deficiency of protein and vitamin A. The purpose of this study was to determine the acceptability of catfish
meatballs with the addition of carrots for picky eater children. This study used an experimental method with
a completely randomized design and consisted of three treatment variations. The treatments in this
experiment included the addition of carrots to catfish meatballs with a formulation of 20%, 40% and 50%.
The acceptability test in the form of an organoleptic test was carried out by 25 moderately trained panelists
and located at the Laboratory of the Department of Nutrition, Health Polytechnic of Surabaya. The results of
the acceptability test were then analyzed using the Kruskal Wallis test and the results showed that the three
formulas had significant differences. Meanwhile, the Mann Whitney test shows that the panelists preferred
fishballs with the addition of carrots by 20% from the aspect of color, aroma, flavour and texture of fishballs.
Based on the nutritional contents analysis, it was found that F1 contains 37.2 grams of protein and 378.4 RE
of Vitamin A. While F2 contains 33.8 grams of protein and 434 RE of Vitamin A and F3 contains 27 grams
of protein and 473 RE of Vitamin A. It is suggested to use catfish as a nutritious source of animal protein.
Thereforea variety of snackcan fulfill the protein needs of picky eater preschoolers with the risk of PEM and
VAD.