According to Indonesian Bureau of Statistic (BPS) and Bank of Indonesia (BI), in 2014, Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in mining sector, both downstream and upstream, reached $100 billion (BPS, 2014 & BI, 2014). However, only IDR 96.9 trillion (at least $7 billion) that are taxable (Direktorat Jenderal Pajak, 2014) due to absence of accurate information on beneficial ownership in the mining sector.Īlthough, there are hundreds of extractive companies operate in Indonesia, public never really know who controls and receive main benefit these companies(or called a beneficial ownership). So that it can get permission to be commercialized and mass-produced until it can fulfill the demand of low-calorie snacks, especially for diabetics," said Nasya.Approximately IDR 1,387 trillion (at least $100 billion) financial benefit flew from oil, gas, mineral and coal sector that were enjoyed by thousand of corporates (Badan Pusat Statistik, 2014 & Bank Indonesia, 2014). "In the future, we want this product to be tested for other nutritional content at the sophisticated laboratory. Nasya said that Mais de' Kolf cookies' innovation expects to be educational facilities regarding consumption recommendations for people with diabetes known to increase in Indonesia (10,3 million diabetics in 2017). On the other hand, the use of corncob for being a healthy snack can decrease the greenhouse effect caused by the build-up of corncobs that produced methane gas. Her team hopes that this cookie's existence may impact the fulfillment of delicious low-calorie snacks that suitable and safe for people with diabetes. It is in line with the nutritionist's recommendation (1 package contains four pieces of cookies for 1x snacking time) so that it has expected to be educational facilities for consumers. This cookie has equipped with serving suggestions and packaging adjustments. These cookies have other ingredients such as peanut and stevia sugar for flavor stabilizers. This snack is suitable for people with diabetes who need to keep the intake of calories. It means "corncob" because made from low-calorie corncob flour (1 piece of a cookie is equivalent to 9 grams, containing only 33 calories). She took the names of Mais de' Kolf from the Dutch language. At the time, we even managed to get 2nd place on the PIMNAS in that category, which results were equivalent to the Silver Medal," explained Nasya. We then participated in making these cookies in Pekan Kreativitas Mahsiswa (PKM) in Kewirausahaan category (PKM-K) held by Pusat Prestasi Nasional, Kemendikbud RI.
This snack has 24 calories content per pack recommended by the Diet and Lifestyle Outline as Supporting DM Therapy. Besides, corncob is safe to consume because of the high-fiber content. She also said, based on the data in the Polish Journal of Food and Nutrition, corncob is a high-fiber food that contains lignin (15%), cellulose (45%), and hemicellulose (35%). By looking at the abundance of corncobs, then the opportunity to make corncob use as essential ingredients of snacks is enormous.
Bevan tried to use corncobs to turn into healthy and safe cookies people with diabetes to consume.Īccording to a team member, Nasya, based on Badan Pusat Statistik (BPS) data, Indonesia produced 10,15 million tons of corncobs in 2018. ITB students consisting of Nasya Aulia, Angga Dwi Cahya, Kayla Asri Maharani, and Arnoldus J. BANDUNG, Ditmawa ITB – Originated from a concern of Diabetes Mellitus (DM) suffers who difficulties finding a safe snack, an idea came up to make healthy low-sugar, high-fiber snacks.