Comparison of Proximate Analysis Value of Fresh Fruits and Vacuum Fried Fruit Chips

Abstract

Indigenous fruits such as bananas, jackfruit, and pineapple have sensory characteristics that many people like. However, these fresh fruits have a short shelf life. Processing Fruit chips using vacuum frying is one solution to extend the shelf life of fruit with good quality and nutrition content. This study aimed to obtain the proximate composition value of fresh fruit and vacuum fried fruit chips. The research method used proximate analysis based on water, carbohydrate, lipid, crude protein, crude fibre, and ash content. The results showed a significant difference in the water, carbohydrate, lipid, and ash content between fresh fruits and vacuum fried fruit chips. Meanwhile, in crude protein and crude fibre content, there was no significant difference. The water content of fresh fruits was higher than the vacuum-fried fruit chips. The carbohydrate, lipid, crude protein, and ash content of vacuum fried fruit chips were higher than the fresh fruits. The crude fibre of pineapple vacuum fried chips was higher than fresh pineapple. However, the crude fibre of fresh jackfruit and banana was higher than the vacuum fried fruit chips.