Tingkat Kesukaan Nugget Singkong pada Balita di Posyandu Jaya Kusuma di Desa Bojongsari Losari

Abstract

The utilization of local food from plantations includes cassava. Cassava is one type of local food that is usually consumed fried or boiled. Nuggets are processed meat products shaped in a certain way with the addition of specific ingredients to create a new product that is accepted by the public and becomes a favorite food for children and teenagers. The innovation of cassava nuggets is a new breakthrough to utilize local food from Brebes. The purpose of this study is to determine the level of preference for nuggets with the consumption of cassava nuggets in toddlers. This type of research is experimental research with a Quasi-Experimental design. The study was conducted over 4 days with 3 interviews using the 24-hour recall technique and 1 day of serving using the organoleptic testing technique on cassava nuggets. Testing was conducted on the level of preference using categories such as color, taste, aroma, and texture, along with children's vegetable consumption levels categorized as sufficient vegetable intake of 100 g/day, using the Spearman-Rho test. The results of this study showed that children's preference for toddler nuggets was very good, as seen from the average preference scores: color 3.63, taste 3.70, aroma 3.23, texture 3.61, meaning all categories received scores above 3, or in the category of 'like' to 'very much like'. Then, regarding the level of vegetable consumption, only 4 children met the requirement of 100 g/day, while the remaining 53 children did not meet the daily vegetable consumption requirement. Data analysis using the Spearman-Rho test to examine the relationship between nugget preference levels and children’s cassava nugget consumption yielded a result of p = 0.529. The results indicate that there is no relationship between the level of preference for cassava nugget consumption and the level of cassava nugget intake in children.