Penurunan Sianida dalam Umbi Gadung dengan Proses Leaching yang Bekerja Batch

Abstract

Yam is a tuber plant usually grown in tropical area. The starch contained is potential to be developed as food material like flour as a substitute for wheat in bread making. Although yam tubers were found to have high amount protein and amino acid, they also contained some antinutritional components like cyanogen substances, which can be toxic for human. Cyanogens substances were reduced by batch leaching process which used water as a leaching agent. Yam tuber was sliced into small chips and placed inside the leaching column. Later, 3 L per minute water was flown to the heap of yam chips. The changes of cyanogens content in the tuber chips were analyzed and, presented as HCN equivalent in mg per kg fresh sample every 0.5 hour. After the process, the cyanide content in the yam tuber decreased to an average of 24 ppm at solvent-to-solid ratio from 15 to 40 l/kg and leaching time 2.5 hours.