Development of Snowball Coconut

Abstract

The main activity in Balit Palma is the research and development of coconut plants and their main vision and mission is to help agricultural commodities gain competitive advantages and higher value from their production, storage, processing, and distribution processes. The products that they already produce and sell are VCO and coconut sugar. The Snowball coconut prototype was created in Balit Palma and the aim of this experiment is to create a product of tender coconut to bring convenience for people to eat it. Also to prolong the shelf life of the product by doing some preservatives method such as giving sodium metabisulfite and also by blanching. The coconut that was used was Kuning Nias Dwarf coconut at the age of 9 months. A Coconut snowball machine prototype was invented and the snowball coconut was made. On the seventh day after storing in a refrigerator, the coconut degraded and had a yellow and purple discoloration. It was because of the oxidative reaction that happened in the coconut and also the fungi attack.