One of the final processed products from coconut that is popular in Indonesia, even in several other countries, for the last 3 years is Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), which is processed directly from coconut meat. Processing of these products is part of the application of Applied Technology in the development of Coconut commodity products, and is very affordable in terms of production costs for the people in Belu district, NTT province, which has a land border between the Republic of Indonesia and Timor Leste, where the people does not well know about VCO processing technology accordance with quality standards. This study aims to analyze rancidity of VCO produced by gradual heating method on the effect of fermentation time by determining parameters of water content, peroxide value, and free fatty acid content based on the applicable Indonesian National Standard (SNI). Each parameter has been fermented for 2 hours, 6 hours and 10 hours as a treatment in this observation and analyzed in a descriptive way through the results chart. The results showed that the treatment for 2 hours, 6 hours and 10 hours had a moisture content of 0,15%; 0,12%; 0,1% then free fatty acid content is 0,09%; 0,10%; 0,11% and also peroxide value 0,52 mg ek/kg respectively. Based on the results of this study, it can be concluded that each test result is still below the threshold value according to the provisions of the Indonesian National Standard (SNI) 7381:2008.
Threats to food security for the Indonesian nation as an agricultural country are still occurring where the government is still opening import faucets, especially for food products. For this reason, Indonesia needs to build food self-sufficiency by optimizing its potential and resources, one of which is through the use of post-harvest technology. Utilization of post-harvest technology can be carried out on all types of commodities, one of which is coconut. Coconut as a leading commodity in the agricultural sector is a multifunctional plant and can grow in all regions of Indonesia. Even though there are a lot of coconut products in all regions of Indonesia, especially in the regions, the availability of technology to improve the quality of post-harvest production is still low. Therefore this study aims to design a coconut peeler machine. The results of the research are in the form of a portable coconut peeler with a servo motor that can be applied in rural areas to be used by farmers to increase the productivity of post-harvest coconut management. The development of this research has several updates, namely a type of portable tool that is easy to carry anywhere
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