Nitrite Reduction in Edible Bird’s Nests Using Pediococcus pentosaceus and Lactobacillus plantarum

Muhamad Ali; Rafi Adjie Firmansyah Putra; I Gede Nano Septian; Alimuddin; Muhamad Amin; Hasma; Made Sriasih

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Nitrite Reduction in Edible Bird’s Nests Using Pediococcus pentosaceus and Lactobacillus plantarum

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Muhamad Ali¹^{, *}, Rafi Adjie Firmansyah Putra¹, I Gede Nano Septian², Alimuddin²^{, 3}, Muhamad Amin⁴, Hasma¹, Made Sriasih¹^{, 2}

¹Laboratory of Biotechnology and Animal Product Processing, Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Mataram, Jalan Majapahit No.62, Mataram, Indonesia

²Laboratory of Animal Production, Faculty of Animal Science, Universitas Mataram, Jalan Majapahit No.62, Mataram, Indonesia

³University of NW Mataram, Mataram, Indonesia

⁴Fish Nutrition Research Group, Department of Aquaculture Faculty of Fisheries and Marine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia

^*Corresponding author. Email: m_ali@unram.ac.id

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Muhamad Ali

Available Online 18 April 2025.

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Keywords: Edible bird nests; P. pentaceous; L. plantarum; Nitrite
Abstract: Edible bird’s nests (EBNs), a highly valued ethnomedicinal product, are well-known for their nutritional and therapeutic benefits. Currently, Indonesia is the largest global producer and exporter of EBNs. However, due to high nitrite levels, China has banned the import of EBNs from Indonesia and Malaysia. Nitrite forms in EBNs naturally, driven by fluctuations in nitrogen levels within the swiftlet farmhouse. Since nitrite leads to the formation of methemoglobin, which hinders oxygen transport, it can be toxic and harmful. Therefore, reducing nitrite in EBNs is crucial. This study investigates the effectiveness of P. pentosaceus and L. plantarum in lowering nitrite levels in EBNs. The results indicate that applying P. pentosaceus and L. plantarum significantly (p < 0.05) reduced nitrite levels of EBNs. Spraying EBNs with 1.2 x 10⁸ CFU/g of P. pentosaceus and L. plantarum decreased nitrite by 84.65% (1.65 ± 0.17 ppm) after 1 h, 82% (1.94 ± 0.02 ppm) after 3 h, and 78% (2.27 ± 0.2 ppm) after 6 h. These findings demonstrate that nitrite levels in EBNs can be effectively reduced using L. plantarum and P. pentosaceus. This method is cost-effective, safe, easy to implement, leaves no residue, and yields excellent results, making it suitable for large-scale nitrite processing in EBNs factories.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Environmentally Sustainable Animal Industry (ICESAI 2024)
Series: Advances in Biological Sciences Research
Publication Date: 18 April 2025
ISBN: 978-94-6463-670-3
ISSN: 2468-5747
DOI: 10.2991/978-94-6463-670-3_35 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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