Analysis of Hedonic Test and Total Microbial Plate Numbers on Fish Siomay in Sorong City West Papua

Abstract

One of the Indonesian snacks that can be found in all regions is fish siomay. fish siomay in the city of Sorong, there have been no reports on both the level of community preference and food security. The purpose of this study was to determine the level of community preference and the total number of microbial plate numbers snacks on fish siomay in the city of Sorong, West Papua. The method used in this research is descriptive method with using total plate count microbe and experimental method using hedonic test. The results showed that for the hedonic test had a varying degree of preference for each sample, while the total number of plates did not exceed the maximum limit. Where the total number of microbe showed respectively AQ sample 3.4 x10, BS Sample 2.52 x10, CR sample 4.5 x10, DS sample 1 x10, and EH sample 1.07 x10. Then for the correlation of the hedonic test and the total plate count microbe test measured a relationship. The hedonic test results from the five samples show the best level of preference is the BS sample, and the EH sample, then the AQ sample, and the DS sample and the lowest preference level is the CR sample. While the sample of fish siomay scattered in the city of Sorong was suitable for consumption. Keyword: Fish siomay, Hedonic, Microbes, West Papua This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons 4.0 Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. ©2020 by author. 1. PENDAHULUAN Indonesia merupakan negara kepulauan yang banyak menghasilkan ikan (Rianto et al., 2017). Salah-satunya adalah provinsi Papua Barat memiliki potensi hasil perikanan cukup besar, terutama untuk perikanan tangkap seperti ikan tuna, ikan tenggiri, ikan bubara, ikan teri, ikan kembung, dan lain-lain (Maskuri \& Handayani, 2018). Hasil dari perikanan tangkap tersebut dikonsumsi dalam bentuk baik masih ikan segar maupun hasil olahan perikanan. Indonesia tak hanya kaya dengan keindahan alamnya, namun terkenal juga dengan jajanan tradisional yang lezat yang beraneka ragam. Kekayaan budaya yang dimiliki