INOVASI TEKNOLOGI FERMENTASI PADA PRODUKSI VIRGIN COCONUT OIL (VCO) SEBAGAI SOLUSI MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN DAN KESEHATAN MASYARAKAT DI KELURAHAN CILEMBANG KOTA TASIKMALAYA
FERMENTATION TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION IN THE PRODUCTION OF VIRGIN COCONUT OIL (VCO) AS A SOLUTION TO ENHANCE SKILLS AND COMMUNITY HEALTH IN CILEMBANG VILLAGE, TASIKMALAYA CITY
Abstract
Minyak kelapa murni (VCO) sering kali masih asing di telinga masyarakat umum, padahal VCO memiliki berbagai manfaat bagi kesehatan dan pengembangan ekonomi. Pengabdian kepada masyarakat berupa pelatihan pembuatan minyak kelapa murni (VCO) dilakukan untuk membantu masyarakat dalam mengolah kelapa yang menghasilkan produk untuk meningkatkan kesehatan dan keterampilan masyarakat. Kegiatan pengabdian masyarakat ini dilakukan untuk mencegah penyakit yang umumnya terjadi di masyarakat, seperti obesitas kolesterol, dan mengembangkan keterampilan masyarakat dalam mengolah kelapa menjadi produk yang bernilai ekonomi tinggi. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian, VCO memiliki khasiat yang baik untuk meningkatkan daya tahan tubuh serta mencegah obesitas dan kolesterol. Selain itu, ketersediaan kelapa yang mudah didapatkan menjadikan hal ini sebagai potensi yang baik untuk dikembangkan sebagai pemberdayaan ekonomi masyarakat. Pelatihan dan sosialisasi pembuatan VCO ini dilakukan di Desa Cilembang, Kecamatan Cihideung, Kota Tasikmalaya, Jawa Barat. Hasil dari pelatihan pembuatan VCO ini, masyarakat sangat antusias untuk mendapatkan pengetahuan baru dan keterampilan yang berharga tentang pengolahan kelapa menjadi produk kesehatan dalam bentuk VCO dan produk yang bernilai jual tinggi untuk pengembangan ekonomi masyarakat.
Kata kunci: Virgin Coconut Oil, Kelapa, Fermentasi, Ibu PKK, Kelurahan Cilembang
ABSTRACT
Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is often unfamiliar to the general public, even though VCO has various benefits for health and economic development. Community service in the form of training in making virgin coconut oil (VCO) is carried out to assist the community in processing coconut, which produces products to improve health and community skills. This community service activity is carried out to prevent diseases that generally occur in the community, such as cholesterol obesity, and develop community skills in processing coconut into products with high economic value. Based on the research results, VCO has good properties to increase the body's immunity and prevent obesity and cholesterol. In addition, the easy availability of coconut makes this a good potential to be developed as a community economic empowerment. The training and socialization of VCO production was conducted in Cilembang Village, Cihideung District, Tasikmalaya City, West Java. As a result of this VCO-making training, the community is very enthusiastic to gain new knowledge and valuable skills about processing coconut into health products in the form of VCO and high-value products for community economic development.
Keywords: Virgin Coconut Oil, Coconut, Fermentation, Women PKK, Cilembang Village
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