Judul: Kajian Tren Flavor Produk Pangan yang Diluncurkan di Indonesia, Malaysia, Filipina dan Thailand Tahun 2006 - 2010
Abstrak: The application of flavour in all products is mainly aimed at enhancing the human striving for increased pleasure and indulgence enjoyment. Hedonistic aspects, therefore, form the basis of flavour industry. Mega-trends of convenient, connectivity, comfort, sensory, individualism and health are adopted by consumer nowadays. These behaviors then drive food industries and indirectly require flavor industries to fulfill minimum one or at least several mega-trends criteria to have their products to be well accepted. The flavour business in Asia Pacific reached the 2nd largest market in the world. This study aims to review flavours trend of food products launched within big ASEAN countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand during 2006 – 2010 where market continues to grow. Materials used in this study were secondary data-subscribed at company PT. Givaudan Indonesia via Mintel, Euromonitor, Datamonitor and other literatures associated with socio-economic status, demographic factor, culinary information. Product launches had correlation with GDP. The correlation coefficient figures in descending order were 0.85, 0.84, 0.66, 0.54 respected to Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines and Malaysia, whereas overall R2 was 0.796. Five common food categories were non-alcoholic beverages, bakery, sauces and seasonings, snacks and dairy. There was a slight difference in each country, in example Indonesia with baby foods, Philippines with sugar and gum confectionary and Thailand with meals and meal centers. Flavor trends in non-alcoholic beverages were fruits and chocolate; bakery were chocolate, strawberry, vanilla and dairy such as cheese, milk and butter; sauces and seasonings were chili-pepper, soy sauce, tomato, barbeque; snacks were cheese, barbeque, spice/spicy and dairy were chocolate, strawberry, vanilla.
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Judul: Profile of Instant Noodle which are distributed among Five Largest Consumer Country in Asia
Abstrak: The objective of this research is determine the trend of consumption of instant noodles in China, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam than in Indonesia based on the age, gender, lifestage, income complexities individualism, sensory, comfort, connectivity, convenience and health. Mega trends of instant noodles in the five largest major consuming countries of Asia have in common is the tendency of convenience as provided for in the affirmation of time/speed, microwaveable, easy to use and on the go product. In Indonesia, besides trend of convenience, halal claim is the main thing in all instant noodle products. This has similarities with instant noodles that circulate in Vietnam. Trend’s second-largest is the trend of health. The similarity of health trends in the five countries consuming the largest instant noodle is no additives/preservatives, with the addition of vitamins and minerals. Health trend in China and Japan is more complex as the claims are added calcium, low/no/reduced calorie, organic, low/no/reduced sodium, low/no/reduced fat, high/added fiber, functional, low/no/reduced sugar and whole grains. Mega trends of gender, comfort and individualism are an emerging trend in the five largest consuming nation of instant noodles in Asia.
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Judul: Babesiosis pada kuda
Abstrak: Babesiosis pada kuda adalah penyakit menular yang di- sebabkan oleh Babesia caballi dan Babesia equi, yaitu pa- rasit protozoa perusak sel darah yang termasuk dalam genus Babesia. B. equi diduga oleh beberapa ahli termasuk dalam genus Theileria. Karena itu klasifikasi genus Babesia di- bicarakan dan siklus hidup B. caballi dan B. equi diulas. Kuda pada semua umur dapat terserang oleh dua parasite tersebut di atas. Tetapi kuda-kuda yang sudah dewasa (tua) lebih rentan jika dibandingkan dengan kuda-kuda yang masih muda. Kasus-kasus yang paling sering dijumpai adalah kasus-kasus yang bersifat akut walaupun kasus-kasus yang bersifat perakut, subakut dan kronik kadang-kadang terlihat. Serangan oleh parasit Babesia biasanya menyebabkan kerusаkan sel darah merah yang hebat sehingga kuda-kuda yang terserang menderita anemia hebat yang dapat menyebabkan kematian bila tidak segera diobati. Untuk mengatasi hal tersebut perlu dilakukan diagnosis yang tepat dan sedini mungkin. Diagnosis dapat dilakukan dengan cara memeriksa gejala-gejala klinik, preparat ulas darah, inokulasi hewan lain dan dengan mengadakan pemeriksaan secara serologik. Gejala-gejala klinik babesiosis pada kuda yang bersifat akut yang paling sering terlihat, ialah : nafsu makan menurun/hilang, lesu, bulu suram dan tidak mau bergerak. Kuda yang dilepaskan di padang rumput akan mengasingkan diri dan jalan sempoyongan. Faeces yang keluar berwarna cok- lat gelap, diselaputi lendir yang berwarna kekuningan dan urimenya berwarna merah tua. Temperatur tubuh meningkat menjadi 39.5 - 41°C dan pulsus meningkat. Terlihat dispnoe, perdarahan petechi pada mukosa membrana nictitans dan conjunctiva yang lebih pucat dari normal dan juga icteris. Kasus-kasus yang bersifat subakut gejala-gejalanya lebih ringan, tetapi bila tidak segera diobati maka gejala- gejala tersebut secara cepat menjadi hebat. Persendian lutut dan persendian gelang puyuh membengkak dan padanya ter- lihat oedema. Pada abdomen, dada dan kepala juga dapat di- temukan oedema. Gejala-gejala klinik yang terlihat pada kasus kronik adalah penurunan kondisi tubuh kuda secara progresif walaupun diberi makan yang banyak. Perubahan temperatur tidak jelas, nafsu makan berubah-ubah, icterus tidak jelas dan anemia mungkin hanya dapat dideteksi dengan menghitung sel darah merah dan kadar hematocrit…dst
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