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community. One of the strategic light food product and are widely
approaches that can be taken is consumed by people of all ages,
through local potential-based food from children to adults. The
interventions. The use of local processing of moringa leaves into
food resources that are rich in cookies can be an innovative
nutrients, especially iron and other solution to increase the
supporting nutrients, is essential consumption of moringa leaves
in supporting sustainable food
security and nutrition. Moringa widely. In addition, moringa leaf-
leaves (Moringa oleifera) are one based cookies can be formulated
of the local Indonesian plants that as a nutritious snack that not only
have great potential in this regard. provides energy intake, but also
This plant is known to have a very functions as a functional food that
high content of nutrients, such as plays a role in supporting health
iron, vitamin C, protein, calcium, and preventing anemia.
and various bioactive compounds
with antioxidant properties. Based on this background, this
Moringa leaves contain significant study aims to develop a cookie
amounts of iron, which plays a product made from moringa
direct role in the formation of leaves as a functional food
hemoglobin. In addition, the alternative that contributes to the
vitamin C content in moringa management of anemia. This
leaves serves to increase the study will also analyze the
absorption of non-heme iron in the physical characteristics (such as
digestive tract. The combination of texture and color), chemistry (iron
these two nutrients makes content, vitamin C, and other
moringa leaves a very potential nutrients), and organoleptic (taste,
food ingredient in the prevention aroma, and consumer
and control of iron deficiency preferences) of the moringa leaf
anemia. In addition to its superior
nutritional content, moringa leaves cookie products produced. Thus,
are also easy to grow, can be the results of this research are
cultivated all year round, and are expected to be a scientific basis in
widely available in various regions the development of local food
in Indonesia, so they are suitable products that are not only
as the main raw material in the nutritious, but also widely
development of functional food accepted by the community and
products. support the government's efforts
However, to increase public to reduce the prevalence of
acceptance of moringa leaf anemia in Indonesia in a
consumption, innovation is sustainable manner.
needed in the form of processed
products that are attractive, 2. Method and Experimental
practical, and preferred by various Detail
groups. One form of processed This research is an experimental
products that has great potential is research conducted at the
cookies. Cookies are a popular Science Laboratory of Madrasah
