Shrimp
petis chili sauce is a chili sauce made from shrimp petis paste added with
maltodextrin. The manufacture of instant shrimp chili powder uses the foam-mat drying technique , which in this method requires a foam binding
agent and stabilizer, namely maltodextrin. The purpose of this study is to find
out: 1) the sensory quality of chili sauce petis instant shrimp powder and
rehydration from the addition of maltodextrin by 5%, 10%, 15%; 2) nutritional
content of chili sauce, petis, instant shrimp powder and rehydration; and 3)
the selling price of chili sauce petis instant shrimp powder. This type of
research is an experimental research, which is tested on 30 panelists. Sensory
quality results were analyzed using a single anova of the SPSS program, the
nutritional content was analyzed in the laboratory, and the selling price was
analyzed using conventional methods. The results of data analysis showed: 1)
the best treatment from the results of the sensory quality test was the
addition of maltodextrin as much as 5% with the average result in chili sauce
of powdered shrimp chili sauce 4.47, aroma 4.43, texture 3.83. In chili petis
rehydration color 4.60, aroma 4.67, taste 4.67, viscosity 4.47, overall
preference 4.57; 2) The results of laboratory tests on chili sauce instant
shrimp powder and rehydration were vitamin A powder 62.8mg/100g, rehydration
88.5mg/100g, water content of powder 11.36%, rehydration 26.10%, ash content of
powder 3.80%, rehydration 2.60%, salt content of powder 2.81%, rehydration 2.42%,
protein content of powder 56.10%, rehydration 41.06%; and 3) the selling price
of packaged instant shrimp powder chili sauce weighing 30g is Rp 4,000.
Keywords: Sambal Petis Instant
Shrimp Powder, Foam-Mat Drying, Maltodextrin