Effect of Fermentation Duration and Glucose Concentration on Organoleptic Characteristics of
Hard Candy Glucose Substitution of Coffee Pulp by Fermentation Method
Jurnal Indonesia Sosial Teknologi, Vol. 5, No. 8, August 2024 3103
coffee waste is solid and liquid in the form of pulp, leather, mucilage or mucus, and
stretcher bark (Maghfirah, Priscila, Sahara, & Istiqomah, 2023). The utilization of coffee
waste in the food sector is currently not optimal. Coffee pulp still contains cellulose
(63%), hemicellulose (2.3%), and lignin (17%) (Nurfitriyani, 2022).
One of the studies shows that the high level of cellulose in the coffee pulp can be
used in the manufacture of semi-finished products in the form of liquid sugar through the
fermentation method (Kresnadipayana et al., 2022). However, liquid sugar from coffee
pulp processing is not widely used in the process of making finished products. So that
further processing is needed to produce finished products that can be accepted in the
market (Wati, Suriati, & Semariyani, 2023). This liquid sugar can be used as a raw
material for making candies, drinks, cakes, ice cream, and so on. Among some of these
liquid sugar products, candy is a product that requires high glucose levels in the
manufacturing process. Thus, glucose produced from the fermentation process can be
used as raw materials for making hard candies in this research (Annie, Iman, & Anoraga,
2023).
On the other hand, the use of coffee pulp as a raw material for making liquid sugar
produces a sour and spicy taste (Kurniawan, Tawali, & Fitri, 2024). The sour and sour
taste is produced by phenol compounds found in coffee pulp (Asmak, Bima Lathif, Yuli,
& Ardiyan, 2023). Phenol levels can be degraded during the aerobic fermentation process
(Mahardani & Yuanita, 2021). Therefore, a fermentation process with different variations
in time is needed to determine the right formulation to reduce the sour and sour taste of
liquid sugar. In addition, in the manufacture of candies, variations of different
concentrations of liquid sugar are carried out to produce organoleptic characteristics that
are close to the taste of candies on the market. Efforts to utilize glucose in liquid sugar in
candy products can add economic value to coffee pulp and become one of the efforts to
prevent organic waste pollution due to the coffee production process (Zarwinda, Nadia,
& Rejeki, 2022). Therefore, it is proposed to make hard candies with liquid sugar
substitution as a result of the fermentation process of coffee pulp with fermented yeast.
This study aims to determine the effect of coffee pulp fermentation time on the phenol
content of liquid sugar produced and analyze the effect of liquid sugar concentration from
coffee pulp fermentation on the organoleptic characteristics of candies on the market.
Research Methods
Time and Place
The research activities were carried out offline in March-June 2024 at the Food
Microbiology and Biotechnology Laboratory of FP UNS, the Laboratory of Food
Processing and Agricultural Product Process Engineering FP UNS, and the Laboratory of
Food Chemistry and Biochemistry FP UNS.
Tools and Materials
The tools used in this research include digital scales, vortex, hotplate, glass funnels,
cutting boards, knives, measuring flasks, Erlenmeyer, droppers, measuring cups, volume
pipettes, filter cloths, stirrers, UV-Vis spectrophotometers, stoves, and blenders. In