Faculty of Animal Science (FAS) students, Agnes Ferisqia Kintanaswari (class of 2016), won first place in a business plan competition entitled Business Talk 4 “Entrepreneur Foodstival Day” at Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, 30 September 2018. Kintan collaborated with Julio Marcelino Bagaskara, a student of Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering UGM.
“Our business plan is an innovative muffin product from gedhang (banana), which is abbreviated as Mudheng. The product we created aims to create a food innovation from bananas, especially kepok bananas, which are native food potentials from the Kulon Progo region, Yogyakarta,” Kintan said.
She added, the advantages of these products are low in glutein and suitable for being consumed by people on diets and diabetes. “Banana flour as Mudheng raw material has good properties, which contain more fiber, low berglutein, and carbohydrate content in kepok banana flour can function as fiber so consumers feel full longer,” explained Kintan.
According to Kintan, Mudheng is suitable for sale through resellers, shop partners, and through Go-Food. “To attract buying interest, we will endorse products through social media and word of mouth,” said Kintan.
The student who is also an assistant at the Agribusiness Laboratory of FAS UGM has entrepreneurship hobby. “I like to make cakes for sale at FAS UGM hall. My goal is to develop my parents’ business in selling cakes,” she said. In 2016, Kintan also won the business plan competition. (Nadia)