Addition of Dietary Fiber in Chicken Sausage Rich in Health Benefits

Sausage is one of the restructuring meat products, which is processed from a mixture of fine meat and flour or starch with the addition of spices. Then put in a sausage casing. The raw materials used consist of the main ingredients in the form of beef, goat, and chicken. As well as additional materials, including fillers, binders, spices, flavorings, and other permitted additives. 

One of the additives that can be used is dietary fiber in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and nuts. The fiber content can provide many health benefits, such as normalizing bowel movements and reducing constipation. Because fiber can increase the weight and size of the stool, then soften it so that large stools tend to be easier to expel. 

A high-fiber diet can reduce the risk of hemorrhoids and diverticulitis, a condition when inflammation of the diverticula of the colon wall occurs. It has heart health benefits, reduces blood pressure and inflammation, and helps control blood sugar levels in people with diabetes. 

This Is conveyed by the Deputy Dean III of the Faculty of Animal Science (Fapet UB), Dr. Agus Susilo, S.Pt., MP., IPM, ASEAN Eng, as a speaker in online training on sausage making, Saturday (11/13/2021). He and Lecturer Interested in Animal Products Technology held a training entitled “Business Opportunity for Processing Chicken Sausage Containing High Fiber Rich in Health Benefits’ ‘.

The goal is to share knowledge and knowledge with the public about the process of making high-fiber chicken sausages that are good and correct. The knowledge gained can be used as a basis for entrepreneurship in the future and can be used as an alternative to potential business branches from an economic and market perspective.

After the presentation of the material, it was continued by playing a video of making high-fiber sausages by trainer Dr. Ir. Eny Sri Widyastuti, MP and Dr. Ir. Aris Sri Widati, MS. The training participants were 410 people from various backgrounds, ranging from students, alumni, housewives, entrepreneurs, MSME actors, animal husbandry services, and so on, from Jombang, Sidoarjo, Malang, Lamongan, Gresik, Nganjuk, Makassar, and Lampung. (dta)