ISSN- 2394-5125 VOL 7, ISSUE 19, 2020 ACCEPTABILITY ANALYSIS OF AN INDIGENOUS GOBY FISH SAUCE Bersheeba Briones Lang-ayan Instructor 1, College of Teacher Education, Abra State Institute of Sciences and Technology Main Campus, Lagangilang, Abra, Philippines
[email protected] ABSTRACT The study aimed to find out which among the three varied sizes of Goby fish added with various levels of salt is best in bagoong making. The Goby fish was mixed with certain amount of salt and placed in a sterilized jar. The experimental design used was the Complete Randomized Design (CRD) involving factorial arrangement of treatments in three replications. In this study, there were four levels of salt and three sizes of goby fish with twelve treatment combinations per replication. They were replicated three times. The treatments were 25g salt, 50g salt, 75g salt and 100g salt. Treatment 2 (50g Goby fish added with 50g salt) was preferred in terms of taste, aroma, acceptability and salinity which consistently rated as Extremely Like. Treatment 1(50g Goby fish added with 25g salt), however is the most profitable with the highest Return on Investment (ROI). KEYWORDS: Goby Fish, Bagoong (Fish Sauce), Taste, Aroma, Acceptability, Salinity I. INTRODUCTION Today we are confronted with the problem of balancing our family income because of the high prices of our basic needs as well as other items needed in our daily living. While it is true that in our midst abundant indigenous materials are available which could be tapped as substitute to our basic needs, technical know-how and human efforts have not gone far in the experimentation of these resources.