<![CDATA[Physicochemical of arenga palm sugar blocks produced by farmer was vary one to another. Therefore,it is necessary to characterize and standarize the quality of those palm sugar blocks. This study aims todetermine the nature of the physicochemical, structural and morphological properties of palm sugar blockproduced by farmers compared to control as a raw material palm sugar granules. The result of analysis showed11.0-14.4% of moisture content, 0.4 -0.7%, of insoluble material, 143.4-319.8% of total acid, 2.1-3.7% of ashcontent, 1.0-4.3% of reducing sugar and 83.7-93.5% of sucrose. Generally, arenga palm sugar blocks producedby farmer (sample A, B, C, D and E) were different with sample F (made by the research) except the reducingsugar content, but all of the characteristics of the palm sugar blocks met the SNI quality standard except ashcontent. The structure of the palm sugar block produced by farmers have a lower crystallinity (57.12-65.24%)compared with sample F (68.68%). In general, morphology of palm sugar blocks were made up of octahedroncrystal particles agregated by a dough-like binder. The palm sugar block spectrum showed the presence of thealdehyde, aromatic and carboxylic acid functional groups.Keywords: molded arenga palm sugar, granulated palm sugar, physicochemical, microstructure, morphology]]>
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