Vinegar is used in various cooking and food preparation. It is also used as preservative and food dips. This is sold in the local and export markets.
ESTIMATED INVESTMENT COST*
- Production Cost/Capital Outlay
- Materials/Cost
- Sliced banana saba peeling (150 cups) – 0.00
- Brown sugar (8kgs @P31/kg) – P248.00
- Soap (powder, 1 box) – P45.00
- Water – P8.45
- Sub-total – P301.45
- Tools/Equipments
- Plastic carbouys 50pcs – P400.00
- Cheesecloth 9katsa 5pcs @P15/pc – P75.00
- Cotton (1/2 kg) – P25.00
- Plastic pails 2pcs – P350.00
- Earthen jars 10pcs – P2,000.00
- Sub-total – P2,908.00
- Labor Cost – P285.00
- Electricity – P21.10
- Transportation – P100.00
- Estimated Total Investment Cost – P3,615.55
PROCEDURE
- Wash the saba peeling to remove dirt. Drain and cut into pieces approximately ½ x ½
- Measure the following ingredients and place them equally in each of the 10 earthen jars;
- 15 cups sliced banana saba peeling
- 5 cups brown sugar dissolved in 2.5 liters water
- 5 teaspoons baker’s yeast (optional)
- Fill the earthen jars with clean water to at least 1 inch from the rim
- Cover each jar with a piece of cheesecloth, securing it with a plastic twine.
- Let the mixture stand undisturbed for 1 week.
- After 1 week, stir the mixture in each jar with a clean ladle for at least 5 minutes daily. Do this for 1 week, make sure to cover the jars after stirring.
- Let the mixture in each jar stand undisturbed for another 2 weeks. After the, the vinegar should be ready
Caution:
- Do not use plastic containers for fermenting vinegar as this will affect the quality of the product.
- Do nit expose the earthen jars to direct sunlight during fermentation.
- Strain the mixture with a clean cheesecloth to separate the saba peeling from the vinegar.
- Store the vinegar in clean plastic pails for further fermentation
- Set aside the fermented saba peeling for later use as organic fertilizer through composting
- Boil the strained vinegar for 10 minutes. Allow to cool
- Pour the vinegar into clean cabouys (galunan) through funnel filter with cotton
- Cap the carbouys tightly and prepare for marketing
- Clean the earthen jars in preparation for the next batch fermentation.