Preparation of Fermented Blue Crab With Rice and It'S Market Ability
Preparation of Fermented Blue Crab With Rice and It'S Market Ability
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By:
BAUTISTA, PAULO C.
BUENSUCESO, MARVIN B.
SANTIAGO, EMMANUEL B.
October 2019
CHAPTER I
Introduction
In many parts of the world especially in Asia, fermented foods are popular and well liked
by the general populace and so widely used that the daily diet of the people would not be
complete without them. In a developing country like the Philippines, where many fermented
food products are known, their popularity is due not only to their characteristic flavor but also to
the fact that other processing methods, such as freezing and canning, are generally expensive.
Despite their popularity, research and development on fermented foods is meager. Most
of the traditional food fermentation industries especially in the Philippines are rural, seasonal,
labor intensive, informal, and capital deficient. Commonly, fermented foods are sold and
consumed in the areas where they are produced. Fermentation processes are normally handed
down from generation to generation. There is little interest in knowing the role of
microorganisms and the physical and chemical changes that occur in the products. What is
recognized are changes in color, odor, and taste that result from modifications of the process or
In the Philippines, fermented fishery products can be divided into two groups. The first
group includes those containing high concentrations of salt about 15 to 20 percent in the final
product. This group consists of bagoong (fish paste) and patis (fish sauce). These products are
generally used as condiments. The second group includes burong isda (fermented rice fish
mixture) and burong hipon, also known as balao balao (fermented shrimp rice mixture). These
Class Crustacea, Order Decapoda and Family Portunidae is locally named “kasag” (Hiligaynon),
“alimasag” (Tagalog), and “lambay” (Bisaya). The carapace is hard, rough and broadly flattened
extending to nine protrusions on the sides with the last one quiet pronounced. It has a single pair
of chelae, with three pairs of long ridged legs and a pair of modified legs as swimming paddles.
Generally, the color of female and male BSC is mottled brown and mottled blue, respectively.
This species are cosmopolitan in the coastal waters of the Philippines. Juvenile individuals are
found in the shallow waters (mostly in seagrass, seaweeds and algal beds while the mature ones
are found in sandy substrates at deeper waters of up to 20 meters isobaths (Ingles 1996). The
average size of maturity for females is 10.56-cm and 9.64-cm for males (Ingles and Braum
1998).
The general problem of the study is what could be the market ability of the Fermented crab
1.1 Age
2. How may the acceptability level of Fermented Crab be described in terms of?
2.1 Appearance
2.2 Taste
2.3 Color
2.4 Odor
2.5 Texture
3. How may the level of Marketability of Fermented Crab described in terms of.
Significance of Study
Researcher - This study can be a good guide for other researchers that is conducting or
Entrepreneurs – The development of this product allows new opportunity for market
profitability.
Academe – To have a new idea for their future student that fermented blue crabs can
apply to market. It will easier for them to tackle related topics about the research.
Students – The result of this study would help them to be creative when it comes
development of product
Over all this research study will benefit the group of class BSHM-3C to pass their
research subject.
The study is about the development and of fermented blue crab, its market ability and
acceptability
The study is conducted on the 1st semester S.Y 2019 – 2020 in Bulacan State University.
The respondent of this study is twenty five (25) students of Bachelor of Science in Hospitality
Management from Bulacan State University and twenty five (25) respondents from the
This research aims to determine the market ability of Fermented Blue crabs in terms of given
Definition of terms
Alimasag – is a word referring to crab species that are smaller than alimango. In general, the
alimasag has thin legs (and usually a mottled or spotted shell, but not always),
Alimango - has prominently large forelegs and a shell that is of a solid even color.
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