Development of edible film made of kidney beans starch as a primary packaging/ Akillah Shane P. Aguilar, Eugene R. Almazan, Adrielle G. Cunanan, Allen Mae E. Hernandez, and Janelva L. Quibin

Thesis (Undergraduate)

College of Industrial Technology -- Bachelor of Hospitality Management, Technological University of the Philippines, 2022.

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This research is about edible film made from kidney beans starch that will serve as primary packaging material. The alternative packaging was projected to lessen the waste in the Philippines in terms of packaging foods since it is one of the biggest problems that the hospitality industry encounters. In the paper, the researchers indicated what are the different types of edible film that is already offered in the market, the ingredients needed in making the edible film and, the operational terms that the group used in doing the related review of literature. The results of the product test for yeast and mold has a count of <10 CFU/g that is synonymous to negative detection which means that the product did not produce any molds, while the Escherichia coli has a count of <10 CFU/g that is also synonymous to negative detection, meaning that the product did not produce any Escherichia coli during analysis, and lastly for the moisture content of the received percentage sample of edible film is 16.40%. On the other hand, the results for the product evaluation of 50 respondents are as follows; the color/appearance generated a mean score of 8.44, 8.6 for aroma, 8.36 for taste/flavor, 8.4 for texture/mouthfeel, all of which has an equivalent of "like very much" in terms of descriptive evaluation. Capabilities and limitations, product evaluation result and summary of evaluation is also discussed. The product undergone different analysis (microbial analysis & moisture analysis) to prove its validity. Furthermore, the general acceptability of the product is "like very much".