On October 1, 2023, the Food Technology team at Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA) participated in and won the competition Sakura Science, Technology, and Innovation Awards 2023, which was held by the Sakura Alumni Association in Indonesia, Supported by Japan Science and Technology Agency; ASEAN Secretariat, and BRIN. The Food Technology team consisted of Grace Sihombing, Syahrizal Nasution, M. Rizky Ramanda, and Kharisna Arrofa Kusuma.
The theme of this competition was ASEAN and Japan Cooperation: Pathway for Sustainable Development. The Food Technology team at Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA) submitted a proposal with the title Anti-fungal Activity of Edible Film from Cassava Starch Added with Cinnamon Powder and its Physicochemical Characteristics Compared to Japanese Industrial Standard in the category Collaborative Efforts in Achieving Food Security: ASIAN and Japan Cooperation.
Grace Sihombing explained regarding the development of Edible film this. The development of edible film this can become one of the ways to achieve food security, by conducting collaboration among countries in ASEAN.
We know that countries in ASEAN have good food commodity potential and can be utilized to become a source for the development of edible film innovation, such as Indonesia. In addition, ASEAN countries can also work together with Japan Cooperation to improve development of products with technology owned by Japan. Because basically, the characteristics of edible film this use the Japanese industrial standard.
The Food Technology team at Institut Teknologi Sumatera (ITERA) hopes that the development and innovation of this edible film can be followed up for a larger scale and is expected to be able to help food security of every country in ASEAN.
