Successfully Utilizing Local Food Ingredients, Food Technology Students Produce “Carrotic” Dessert Product Combination of Carrots, Ice Cream, and Probiotic Bacteria

Udayana University together through the Student Entrepreneurial Program (PMW) provides a forum for Udayana University students in developing entrepreneurial interests and talents based on science and technology and has the aim of increasing the potential and interest of students in entrepreneurship. One of the groups that successfully passed the selection and received funding from Udayana University was Carrotic. Carrotic is a business idea from students of the Food Technology Study Program, Faculty of Agricultural Technology consisting of Imel Tarianda Putri Dakhi as the group leader, along with other members namely Vony Christin Pato Duma, Kevin Listianto Halim, I Gusti Ayu Renita Putri Apsari, and Shinta Safa Rannya Bachris under the guidance of Mrs. Anak Agung Istri Sri Wiadnyani, S.TP., M.Sc. as a Lecturer in the Food Technology Study Program.

 

Carrotic is an acronym for Carrot Probiotic Ice Cream, as the name implies, is an ice cream that uses raw ingredients from carrots and milk which are added with probiotic bacteria to make a delicious and healthy dessert. The idea for this business arose based on anxiety which realized that several areas in Bali were areas with quite high local carrot yields but the harvest tended to be cheap due to an imbalance between the supply of carrots and the demand for carrots by the Balinese people. Through Carrotic, this group is trying to diversify the local carrot food into new products that have potential in terms of economy, nutritional content, and health benefits. Carrots which are rich in Vitamin A and fiber with the addition of cow's milk which is rich in protein and Calcium, as well as probiotic bacteria which have good benefits for the digestive tract make these products healthy and also enjoyable. In addition, the utilization of carrots into ice cream is a new idea to increase the selling power of carrots into high-value functional food products that are liked by people from all walks of life.

 

 

Imel Tarianda Putri Dakhi as the group leader reported that the Student Entrepreneurial Program Activities at Udayana University provided an opportunity for her group to take part in a product exhibition. we can also provide good information regarding the business opportunities that we provide. In addition, there is an Entrepreneurship Event held in the Green Open Space of Udayana University, Sudirman Denpasar Campus and Investment Summit Activities as a forum for PMW activity participants to realize their business ideas from prototypes to finished products that are ready for sale.  An event for product promotion, product marketing and developing product markets so that products can be better known by the public, she said.