The quality and mineral content of the community salt conventional in Kupang City and Kupang District East Nusa Tenggara Province

Abstract

The production of conventional salt produced by the community salt processing in the city of Kupang and Kupang district has quality at below the standards set. This study aims to analyze the quality of conventional salt and mineral contents. The sample is taken by random sampling method. Analysis of moisture content based on the AOAC method, NaCl content based on the method of wet dewatering and mineral content using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrophotometer (ICP OES). The quality of conventional salt is produced based on the criteria for the content of NaCl, water content and the content of Iodine is still below the Indonesian National Standard. The mineral content of magnesium, calcium and potassium is still in the range of Indonesian National Standard.