Characteristics of Physical, Chemicals and Organoleptic of Local Rabbit Meat Nuggets (Lepus nigricollis) Using Filler of Tofu Dregs Flour

Abstract

Diversification of rabbit meat products into nuggets is one way to increase consumption of rabbit meat by the public. The filler used generally is wheat flour. However, these filler can be substituted by tofu dregs which have better nutritional content. So it is expected that using filler of tofu dregs flour can improve the quality of rabbit nuggets. The study was conducted to investigate the doses of the use of tofu dregs filler to physical, chemical, and organoleptic properties of local rabbit meat nuggets in laboratory of Animal Husbandry Study Program, Faculty of Agriculture, Majalengka University. The best formulation of flour filler was applied to make rabbit nuggets. The experiment was arranged as a completely randomized design (CRD), consisted of 4 tofu dregs doses (0%, 35%, 70% and 100% of tofu gregs) which was repeated 5 times. Namwhile for chemical properties was done by descriptive analysis. The observed respond are include physical properties (pH and cooking loss of the nuggets), chemical properties (water content, ash content, protein content, and fat content), and organoleptic properties (colour, aroma, texture, and taste). The results showed that the addition of tofu dregs in rabbit nuggets has a significant effect on cooking losses, colour, and texture but does not affect the pH, aroma, and taste of rabbit meat nuggets. The use of tofu dregs in rabbit nugget has a significant effect on the physical quality of cooking losses but does not affect the pH value. The increasing of doses of tofu dregs tended to decrease the water and ash content and increase the fat and protein content. Moreover, the addition of tofu dregs affects the colour and texture but does not affect the aroma and taste of rabbit nuggets. The best dosage of tofu dregs filler for rabbit meat nugget was 70% and 30% of wheat flour. This finding concludes that tofu waste can be applied to making rabbit nuggets as much as 70% replacing wheat flour.