Indonesian Journal of Community Empowerment
Vol 7 No 3 (2026): Indonesian Journal of Community Empowerment (August)

Healthy Food Awareness Movement: Educating and Supporting Consumers in Choosing KERUPUK LAPIS

Novriyanti Lubis (Universitas Garut)
lindayani lindayani (Universitas Garut)
Asmufadiya Asmufadiya (Universitas Garut)
Ihsan Saputra (Universitas Garut)



Article Info

Publish Date
29 Jun 2026

Abstract

Kerupuk are dry food snacks made from flour or rice with fish meat and other ingredients. Kerupuk Lapis are a variant that is quite widely consumed by consumers, having a colorful characteristic that in the manufacturing process uses dyes, such as those produced by factory X in Sukawening District. The purpose of this PKM is to provide counseling to consumers on how to choose safe Kerupuk Lapis carried out by a community service team from the Pharmacy Department of Garut University and to determine the quality of Kerupuk products based on organoleptic. The methods used were industrial visits, interviews, education and questionnaires. The results showed that 53% of respondents consumed kerupuk twice a week, 63.7% kerupuk as a meal complement. Meanwhile, regarding product quality, 90% thought kerupuk had a crunchy texture, and 50% thought they tasted good and were affordable, and the color of the kerupuk uses 16.7% synthetic dyeI. In the future, it is hoped that consumers will be wiser in choosing and consuming Kerupuk.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

IJCE

Publisher

Subject

Humanities Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Languange, Linguistic, Communication & Media Social Sciences Other

Description

Indonesian Journal of Community Empowerment (IJCE) is a scientific journal that contains the results of community service managed and published by the Faculty of Entrepreneurship, Universitas Garut. IJCE covers several issues on community services related to Entrepreneurship, Education, Information ...