Can You Eat Tempe Mentah? Check The Impact And Criteria

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YOGYAKARTA Tempe is a food made of soybeans. In its presentation, tempeh is usually processed by frying, steaming, or boiling. Then the question arises whether you can eat raw tempeh considering that the ingredients come from organic materials?

Apparently, even though it is made of soybeans and organic materials, it is still not recommended to eat tempeh. The reason is because of the hygienicity problem.

Quoted from Antara, Tuesday, October 29, IPB Professor and initiator of Rumah Tempe Indonesia considered eating raw tempeh not recommended.

"If you look at the current way of producing, I suggest no (ministerly), because the sanitation level is not good, the production method is not hygienic," said Made.

According to him, the manufacture of tempeh in terms of production often does not pay attention to cleanliness. For example, the maker does not wear a mask, or wears clothes that are less adequate, does not even wash his hands during tempeh production.

"Then, the environment around the production site is unhealthy, near the river, united with the residence. This is prone to contamination, for example heavy metals," he continued.

Prof. Made also highlighted how to boil tempeh using used drums. Even though tempeh production tools should use materials made from stainless steel.

However, he underlined that if tempeh production is done by maintaining cleanliness, then tempeh may be consumed raw. Eating raw and cooked tempeh has the same nutritional value.

Reporting from Get Edgy, the tempeh that can be consumed raw is the tempeh that is produced by paying attention to cleanliness and has been pasteurized.

Please note, Pasteurization is a food processing technique carried out by heating food at high temperatures for a certain period of time. This treatment is carried out to kill harmful microorganisms and slow microbial growth. Pasteurization also helps extend the shelf life of products including tempeh.

Usually, this tempeh is produced in industrial facilities with various adequate equipment. Meanwhile, the home production tempeh is not as much as produced in industrial facilities.

Raw tempeh itself can be consumed raw even though the taste is not always acceptable to everyone's tongue. In addition, the effects caused when eating raw tempeh are also not detrimental. However, it is feared that the unpasteurized tempeh will contain bacteria and microorganisms that threaten health.

The impact of eating raw tempeh that is not sterile will trigger health problems such as inflammation and stomach pain.

In addition, the less sterile tempeh taste usually has an unfavorable taste. This happens because the humidity in the tempeh will trigger anaerobic bacteria, and can even reproduce in the tempeh. It is this bacteria that trigger raw tempeh that is not good to eat.

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