Community Empowerment Through the Innovation of Tofu into Frozen Food with A Longer Shelf Life
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https://doi.org/10.55047/jscs.v6i2.1253Keywords:
Community Empowerment, Product Innovation, Shelf Life, Tahu Walik, Women’s EmpowermentAbstract
Backgrounds: Tofu is an Indonesian food made from soybeans and is high in plant-based protein. Bocek Village, Karangploso, Malang Regency, is a main tofu production center. However, local tofu has a short shelf life and generally must be sold the day after production, limiting market value and producer income.
Objectives: This community service aims to extend tofu shelf life and increase its market value through frozen tahu walik as a home-based business, particularly for housewives and Family Welfare Movement (PKK) members, while encouraging productive use of local resources and additional household income.
Methodology: A community empowerment approach used practical training and guidance in producing and developing a frozen tahu walik business. The product was chosen for its abundant local raw material, simple production process, and low initial investment, making it accessible to small household businesses.
Findings: The training introduced frozen tahu walik as a food innovation that turns abundant local tofu into a longer-lasting, higher-value product. It gave participants practical production skills and an alternative household-scale business. Participants practiced production directly, and small-scale marketing through schools and local markets began. The approach offers a simple, replicable model for villages with similar resources.
Conclusions: Developing frozen tahu walik through community empowerment can improve the economic participation of housewives and PKK members while adding value to local agricultural products. Its simple production and low entry costs make it a potential model for strengthening household enterprises and community economic development.
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