Evaluation and Acceptability of Localized Tomato Jam for Ternate Community Livelihoood

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Tomato should be consumed for protect human health, raise healthy young generation for the future and to improve the quality of life. Aside from health benefits, tomato jam and marmalade will surely be appreciated by everyone in terms of flavor, taste and aroma. This research was aimed to investigate the predictability of the best quality jam and development of new products from tomatoes and find out the level of acceptability in the town of Ternate, Cavite. For the objectives, tomato jam’s sensory evaluation was undertaken using a consumer-type panel. Jams were evaluated for preference for purchase, color, acceptability of sugar and acid contents, intensity of tomato flavor and overall acceptance.

METHODS

The researcher used the descriptive experimental research design to describe the phenomenon of academic dishonesty in the place of study. The respondents of the study were the 50 selected students from Senior High School Department and certain teachers. Using a researcher-made instrument, the data gathered were treated with appropriate statistical tools such as percentage and weighted mean.

RESULTS

An indication of 90% of tomato jams that were prepared from blends of tomatoes at different ratios were perfectly acceptable. Tomato jams made from different fruit ratios and the control were examined for their proximate composition, mineral contents as well as sensory and attributes. A preliminary exploration of the data revealed that there were differences in response to jam parameters based on age and gender. Further data analysis of the jam will determine a baseline jam recipe to be used for the production of a jam with tomato and other fruits.

DISCUSSIONS

The results were encouraging that is why these tomato jams should be localized so it can help in the development of Ternate Livelihood Program. The tomato jams can be reproduced by popularizing these small-scale processing technologies and micro-level strategies for supporting livelihoods, employment, and income generation of the community in Ternate, Cavite. Small scale tomato processing technologies and micro-level strategies for livelihood and employment shall be further popularized by governmental or non-governmental organizations.