Inovasi pengolahan kerupuk lidah buaya (Aloe vera) di Desa Wareng, Kabupaten Gunungkidul

Abstract

Most of the people of Wareng Village use their traditional house yards to grow crops. The plants planted by the residents are varied, especially fruits and vegetables. The types of crops planted by the residents include tomatoes, chilies, eggplant, spinach, aloe vera, leeks, oranges, sapodilla, and others. Apart from fruit and vegetable crops, the people of Wareng Village also plant spices such as red ginger, turmeric, galangal, and others. Wareng villagers use their harvest for their own consumption and sell to the community. However, at the time of the main harvest, commodity prices will decline so the residents suffer losses. One of the residents' abundant crops is aloe vera. Based on the problems of the residents of Wareng Village, Peogram Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat (PPM) provides a solution in the form of food processing innovations, especially aloe vera to increase its economic value. Aloe vera fruit will be processed become a food product, namely crackers. The choice of crackers as an innovative aloe vera-based food processing is because they are a product with low air content so they have a long shelf life. In addition, crackers are also popular with Indonesians and are easy to make. Aloe vera crackers have an advantage over ordinary crackers because aloe vera contains antioxidant and antimicrobial compounds. The impact of this PPM is that the people of Wareng Village can add product innovation from their garden products and can increase their economic value.