acceptable result. The use of 20% pumpkin flour
with goat milk is the most preferred by consumers
(Sari, 2017), 30% in donuts (Tamba, 2014), and
50% in Eggroll (Cahyaningtyas, et.al, 2014).
The correlation between sensory quality and
acceptability of cookies only occurs in the pumpkin
flavor attribute. This shows that pumpkin flour gives
a genuine impact on the taste of cookies. The more
pumpkin, the pumpkin flavor is more distinctive and
bitter, which is not preferred. According to Hernani
(2006), the pumpkin contains curcubitasm which
tastes bitter. This is supported by the fact that states
it has a darker yellow color and the highest beta-
carotene content.
Cookies with 10-20% pumpkin flour contain
high beta-carotene which is between 8,457 - 12,712
mcg/100 g, and the most preferred is 9,796 mcg beta
carotene. The content is categorized as high.
According to Drummond and Brefere (2004), food
products are said as a high source if they contain
20% or more from Daily Value (DV). Daily value of
vitamin A is 5,000 IU (9,009 mcg beta carotene).
Consumption of 25 grams of cookies with 15%
pumpkin flour can meet the needs of vitamin A as
much as 2445 mcg beta-carotene (27.1% DV),
which can be considered feasible as a functional
snack. The research result related to beta-carotene
shows that wet noodles with the addition of 5%
pumpkin flour contains 7.77, mg / 100 g beta-
carotene (Lestario, et. Al. 2012), semprong cake
with pure pumpkin puree contains 93.70 mg beta-
carotene (Damayanti, 2016).
4 CONCLUSION
Pumpkin flour cookies which has the highest overall
sensory quality intensity are cookies with 15%
pumpkin flour. There are different sensory qualities
in the attribute of golden yellow color (p = 0.001),
crispness (p = 0.006), and pumpkin flavor (p =
0.037). There is no difference of golden yellow
attribute and crispness in cookies with 10% and 15%
pumpkin flour, but the two cookies are different
from cookies with 20% pumpkin flour. The
acceptability between cookies with 10% and 15%
pumpkin flour does not have much different, and the
statistical tests differ only in the crispness attribute,
but the overall acceptability is 10% higher with a
score of 5.1. The correlation of sensory quality and
acceptability is found in the pumpkin flavor
attribute. Cookies with 10-20% pumpkin flour
contain beta-carotene between 8,457 - 12,712 mcg /
100 g. Cookies with 20% pumpkin flour has a bitter
aftertaste, which means that there is a need examine
how to remove the bitter taste in the flour making
process, such as increasing steaming time.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Thank you to the Dean of the Faculty of Engineering
who has provided research funding through DIPA
UNNES.
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