Natural Preserver Substitution of Formalin in Indonesian

Case finds of formalin in a few food product, not only awakes public to be more selective in consuming food, but on the other side making we to revise how usage ought to be preservative in other food and processing result. This is also generates discourse to alternative of preservative which more safe for human body health.

Preservative of course required to prevent microorganism activity and or prevents fallout process happened as according to time increase, that quality of food always awakes as according to consumer hope. Thereby, preservative required in food processing, but we must remain to considers it. Up to now, usage of inappropriate preserver of still often happened and has in such a way wide, without bothering its impact to consumer health.


According Food and Drugs Administration ( FDA), security and safety a food preserver must consider number of possibly consumed in food product or number of matters which will be formed in food from preserver usage, effect accumulation of from preserver in food and toxicity potency which can happened from preserver if it is digested by man or animal, including potency causes cancer . Preserver may not be applied to deceive consumer with changing food appearance from ought. Example preserver containing sulfite is prohibited applied at flesh because the matter can cause ruddling at flesh so that ignorable categorically is the flesh be fresh flesh or not.


At animal, formalin clearly haves the character of carcinogenic because of research of use attempt animal explained by formalin with concentration of 6 to 15 ppm during 2 year simply formalin induces squamous-cell carcinoma at mouse nasal cavity and white mouse. Because usage of formalin still crowded in public. The reality is preservative still is required, hence required existence of alternative, other of which can replace formalin as preserver, one of them is is seed Kepayang.


Seed Kepayang

This crop comes from plant Pangium edule with classification as follows ;

Divisio : Spermatophyta
Sub Divisio : Angiospermae
Class : Dicotyledonae
Nation : Cistales
Tribe : Flacouritaceae
Genus : Pangium
Spesies : Pangium edule


This crop has some names according to area where this crop stays. In Indonesia Language, called as Kepayang, while according to Malay called as Pangi. Other mention for kepayang at some regions in Indonesia;

1. Jakarta : Pucung
2. North Sumatra : Hapesong
3. Minangkabau : Kapayang, Lapencuang, Kapecong, Simaung
4. Lampung : Kayu tuba buah
5. West Java : Pacung, Picung
6. Central Java : Pakem
7. Bali and Bugis : Pangi
8. Sumbawa dan Makasar : Kalowa

This crop tree has height until 40 m with stalk diameter 2,5 m. If seeing description is upper, hence can be told this crop grows is widespread almost in all area in Indonesia. Kepayang starts bearing fruit in the beginning of the rains at the age of 15 years with number of 300 seeds in every trees.

This crop has is old is applied as component of fish preserver. To be able to exploit it as preserver, seed choped up to be smooth and put to under sun shine during 2-3 days. Chops result up this crop then is packed into fish stomach sea which has been cleaned its. Chops up seed Kepayang to have effectiveness as finite fish preserver of 6 day . Special for transportation of long distance, this crop mingled salt, with comparison of 1 part of salt and 3 part of seed Kepayang.

Besides as fish preserver, still many usefulness of this crop, for example its wood is usable for match stick., its seed as antiseptic. Skin , wood which crumpled and spread to water can kill fish and also prawn. Besides, seed core grind applicable to clean flea / tick at cow. But, must be paid attention doesn't provocated by livestock at the time of done by therapy because acidulous of cyanide.

As young generation which intellect and scientis, we should learning ought to from has have been done our great-grandparents. We are living in this era technology earns easily studies crop Kepayang as preserver. Research about the compound content in fruit, its the leaf and also bar must always is dug to can find formula which more safe serve the purpose of food material preserver.