quality. The characteristics of dawet  made from taro 
are  white,  the  aroma  is  rather  unpleasant,  and  the 
texture is chewy. This product also has a low calorie 
so that it  can be consumed by people who are on a 
diet. According to  Nurdjannah and Amiarsi (2011), 
taro  flour  has  health  benefits,  including  energy 
sources,  both  for  digestive  health,  improving  the 
body's  immune  system,  carbohydrate  substitute  for 
people  with  diabetes,  blood  pressure  and  heart 
health,  as  well  as  increasing  vision.  But  not  all 
people  can  enjoy processed  products  from  taro, for 
example,  obese  people,  and  allergic  sufferers  who 
are  sensitive  to  the  mucus  and  oxalate  content 
contained in taro 
Generally,  taro  tubers  are  only  consumed  by 
boiling,  frying,  or  by  other  conventional  methods. 
And  dawet  is  generally  made  with  rice  flour.  Both 
rice  flour  and  taro  flour  are  Indonesian  local  raw 
materials.  The  differentiation of dawet products is 
also  expected  to  be  a  surprise  for  consumers  or 
tourists,  so  they  are  interested  in  getting  new 
experiences  trying  new  flavors  from  local  culinary 
products. Taro is mostly found in Bogor, West Java. 
The  identity  of  various  culinary  cities  in  Indonesia 
need  to  be  strengthened  with  innovative  products 
based on local products. 
Local cuisine is currently being concern in 
tourism.  Because  eating  is  basic  needs  of  tourists. 
According to Chang, Hall & Mitchell, and Scarpato 
(in Mak et.al, 2012) there are increasing numbers of 
destinations  for  their  culinary  resources  in 
promoting  and  differentiating  themselves  from 
others,  for  example,  Australia,  New  Zealand,  Italy, 
and Singapore. Today, many tourist destinations use 
food as one of the tourist attractions in their tourism 
marketing  (Lin,  Pearson  &  Chai,  2011). 
Furthermore, Telfer  and  Wall  (in  Mak,  et.al,  2012) 
state  that  tourist  expenditure  for  food  reaches  one 
third  of  total  tourist  expenditure,  therefore  the 
economic benefits resulting from the consumption of 
tourist  meals  can  give  impact  on  the  economic 
sustainability,  competitive  destinations,  and 
development  of  hospitality  business.  in  that  area. 
Local  culinary  innovation  products  such  as  Taro 
Dawet  ice  is  very  potential  to  be  developed  as 
regional tourism attractions. 
6  CONCLUSION 
Taro flour can be substituted in making dawet up to 
100%,  but  the  best  sample  is  20%  percentage  of 
subtitutions.  It’s  position  is  in  the  first  rank  of  the 
test  of  preference.  The  characteristics  is  good  in 
color (white), flavor (rather unpleasant, but not too) 
and  texture  (chewy)  and  all  is  accepted  by  the 
examiner  in  sensory  evaluation.  The  difference  in 
the  level  of  preference  for  the  sample  tested  are  in 
the hedonic test of color and flavor, while it does not 
differ  in  texture  and  taste.  Whereas  in  the  hedonic 
quality test, all  samples have significant differences 
in terms of color, taste, and texture. After doing the 
proximate  test  taro  resulting    dawet  is  low  in 
calories.  Suggestions  for  the  use  of  sugar  to  be 
added  sufficiently  so  that  it  is  safe  for  Diabetics 
sufferers.  It  can  also  added with other natural 
sweeteners  such  as  honey.  Suggestions  for  further 
research is to be able to do the experiments on other 
local culinary products varied from taro tubers, other 
tubers,  and  other  culinary  products  made  by  local 
commodities. 
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