Cardaba Banana (Musa acuminata × balbisiana) Peel as a Soap

Abstract

INTRODUCTION

Soap is vital in keeping people's skin clean, especially in these modern times. The researchers used banana peel as the main ingredient in the production of soap because of the benefits and nutrients it can contribute to improving the skin's appearance. This study primarily aimed to produce soap out of cardaba banana peel. It also aimed to determine the effect of different concentrations of cardaba banana peel in the produced soap in terms of its texture, color, and odor.

METHODS

The researchers used the quantitative research design specifically the experimental research design. Three identical treatments of soap out of cardaba banana peel with a manipulated concentration of cardaba banana peel -3.5 grams, 7.15 grams, and 10.7 grams –were used. After three weeks, the soaps were cured and ready for evaluation. The 30 citizens from Southville, Barangay Inocencio, Trece Martires City, Cavite served as the respondents in evaluating the soap in terms of its sensory properties such as texture, color, and odor.

RESULTS

Based on the results of the study, soap can be produced from the cardaba banana peel. interms of its sensory properties, all of the three treatments have a significant difference from one another as the significant value of 0.001 for both texture and color of the produced soaps out of cardaba banana peel and the significant value of 0.010 for the odor of the produced soaps out of cardaba banana peel has been discovered. Therefore, the null hypothesis was rejected as different concentrations of the ground cardaba banana peels have a significant difference in the produced soap from cardaba banana peel.

DISCUSSIONS

The results show that different concentrations of the produced soap from the cardaba banana peel have a significant effect in terms of its sensory properties. Therefore, the results will be of great help to households and farmers for it will be a new source of livelihood. It could also help our environment decrease garbage volume brought by the increasing population. The produced product will give a whole new face to the disposable cardaba banana peel.