IDENTIFIKASI METANIL YELLOW PADA MANISAN BUAH YANG BEREDAR DI PASAR ANTASARI KOTA BANJARMASIN
Amalia1, Ratih Pratiwi Sari2, Siska Musiam3 [email protected]
1,2,3Akademi Farmasi ISFI Banjarmasin
Jl. Flamboyan III No. 7B Kayu Tangi Banjarmasin 70123
ABSTRAK
yellow 0,9. Sehingga dapat disimpulkan bahwa semua sampel negatif mengandung bahan pewarna metanil yellow.
Abstract : Sweets is one of step to preserve fresh fruit. The use of Metanil Yellow as color additive has been abused as color additive in food. The effect that can be happened are irritation on respiratory tract, irritation on skin, irritation on eyes, the dangerous of cancer on bladder and urinary tract. So, this research aims to know the existence of metanil yellow in fruit sweets which were vended at Antasari Banjarmasin Market. The type of this research was descriptive research. The identification of Metanil Yellow in fruit sweets conducted with Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)method, used acetic acid dynamic phase :n-butanol : aquadest, and static phase of silica gel GF254 sheet and the appearance of yellow spotted. The research was conducted in Chemist Laboratory Pharmacist Academy of ISFI Banjarmasin on April until May. Based on the results conducted, from 21 samples which were vended at Antasari Banjarmasin Market, each consist of 7 kedondong sweets (Code A), 7 manggo sweets (Code B), and 7 pineapple sweets (code C), the result gained the score for Rf0. Standard Rf from metanil yellow 0,9. With the result that all of samples was negative from containing metanil yellow color additive.
Kata Kunci: Kromatografi Lapis Tipis, Metanil Yellow, Manisan buah
PENDAHULUAN
Jajanan merupakan jenis makanan yang dijual dipinggir jalan, kaki lima,
stasiun pasar, tempat permukiman, dan tempat lain yang lokasinya sejenis.salah satu contoh yaitu manisan (Mudjajanto, 2005).. Manisan adalah salah satu bentuk makanan olahan yang banyak disukai oleh masyarakat . Rasanya yang manis
bercampur dengan rasa khas buah sangat cocok untuk dinikmati diberbagai kesempatan (Sediaoetama, 2006). Para pedagang jajanan biasanya sering
menambahkan Bahan Tambahan Pangan dalam proses pembuatan pangan, misalnya seperti bahan pewarna. Salah satu contoh bahan pewarna yaitu metanil yellow (Cahyadi, 2006).. Metanil yellow merupakan bahan pewarna sintetik yang jika dikonsumsi
dapat menimbulkan tumor dalam berbagai jaringan hati, kandung kemih, saluran pencernaan
