Chapter I

INTRODUCTION

Food is very important to everyone, especially for growing children. All people
requires to eat more nutrients of food and growing fast to sustain their needs of
nutrients. Nutrition is the process by which you take in assimilate the right amount of
nutrients to keep you health and strong. With proper nutrition you have bright eyes,
clear skin, and an active body with no signs of fatigue.

Puso ng Saging Burger Patties or in English Banana Blossom Burger Patties, it’s
either main course or appetizer. Combining the Banana Blossom patty into burger is
unique and people don’t know yet the exact taste of it. Banana Blossom or Puso ng
Saging is a vegetable that can be cooked in many ways of recipes but not all people
loves this and can eat this. Puso ng Saging is available all year round and is normally
harvested as soon as the banana fruit forms. Amazing health benefits of Puso ng
Saging are: Nutrition it is storehouse of nutrients. It contains vitamins such as Vitamin A,
Vitamin B, Vitamin C, and Vitamin E, pantothenic acid, fiber, niacin, and thiamine. It
has also minerals such as protein, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, manganese,
copper, iron, potassium, zinc, and carbohydrates. It has anti-inflammatory, antibacterial,
antivenin, antimicrobial, and anticancer properties. It also contains antioxidants that help
the body to fight free radicals which has harmful effect on the body’s health. Vitamin C
is one of the strongest antioxidants. It helps to fight free radicals that can cure health
issues and slow down aging. It has the ability to reduce the broad sugar level and
increase the production of insulin in the body. The magnesium that can be found in
banana flower has the ability to fight the anxiety, depression, and improve the mood of
an individual which is now many students are problem of that. Banana Blossom can
also help overweight people to reduce extra pounds. Amazing health nutrition and
benefits that can help us to sustain any problem of our body. It also good for children
because many children are malnourished and less of food that which most important to
them.
Banana Blossom Burger Patties provides a very healthy, unique, nutritious and
delicious taste to every Filipino consumers that can catch a customer’s satisfaction. In
the Philippines, banana blossom is added to the famous kari-kari a rich beef stew ‘
Banana blossom’ or ‘Puso ng Saging are the favored names in the Philippines and
banana heart in Indonesia purely because its color and shape suggest a heart.

Burger is most well-known too that all people love to eat. The other ordinary patty
is enough to eat and taste their different taste of burger. There have a some benefits
when you eat burger. It can also help the other nutrients that comes to burger. They
don’t know the burger or hamburger is not also safe every time. Burger have a bad
reputation to health of any body. High in fat and calories, they maybe the first food
scratched off your menu when you decide to eat healthy. Before you rule out
hamburgers for good, take a look at some of the health benefits they can deliver. If
eaten only on occasion, hamburgers, especially those made with lean ground beef can
boost your health rather than impair it. Puso ng saging is going to be patty of a burger.

Statement of the Problem

This study intended to determine the Acceptability of the Banana Blossom Burger
Patties to the selected students, specifically to answer the following questions:

1. What is the level of acceptability of Banana Blossom Burger Patties among the
chosen student of Central Philippine State University in terms of:

1.1 Taste
1.2 Texture
1.3 Appearance
1.4 Competiveness
 2. How do respondents access the level of acceptability in terms of the above-
mentioned variables?

3. Is there a significant relationship between above the level of acceptability of

Banana Blossom Burger Patties to the selected students of Central State
Philippine University in relation to the above selected variables.

Theoretical Background and Related Literature

Singh (2017) analyzed that the banana plant is considered as a nature's gift to
humankind. Widely known for its fruit part but the banana blossom or puso ng saging
also been called as a super food due to its high nutrient content an excellent source of
fiber, good source of protein, vitamin A, C, and E, minerals like phosphorus, potassium,
calcium, iron, magnesium and antioxidants. The banana blossom is also a great
therapeutic value such as reducing anxiety, helpful in weight loss and helps in
overcome diabetes. Despite being such a wonder food, it is still underrated in most part
of the world. In addition, one of the major factor causing children/teens to dislike
vegetables is their taste. Another one is that children or teens do not value health yet
like the adults, instead they value taste and satisfaction. Furthermore, majority of the
people you ask loves burger. But what makes a burger, burger? It is the patty. Although
some people do not eat burgers because it has meat in it. Stein (2018) mentioned that
burger [patties] could be high in dietary cholesterol and saturated fat. Although your
body needs saturated fat for energy and cholesterol to make hormones, vitamin D, and
digestive fluids. As eloquently stated by Marcin and Watson (2018) having too much
LDL (Low-density lipoprotein) cholesterol can damage your arteries, contribute to heart
disease, and increase your risk for stroke. Most of the other children in the planet have
resisted in eating vegetables. Some grew up to loving it and eventually ended in being a
vegetarian or a even vegan today and there are some that still don’t eat a single piece
of vegetable. Now that we are growing up and getting older, health problems may start
processing in our bodies. Countless of doctors and health websites suggests that the
only thing that can stop or prevent it from occurring and spending a ton of money in the
future all because we refused to eat a vegetable is that if we live healthy and start
eating right.
The researcher conclude that the banana blossom can be a valuable alternative
meat source because it can obtain health benefits from the meat. It is rich in a variety of
vitamins , including vitamin A, C and other minerals. It could also be a safe alternative to
improvising a complementing dish since the banana blossom is good for the health and
treated in several Asian and tropical cuisines as a vegetable. Also, it is a safe
alternative to chemical food preservatives. Not only the banana blossom can be a
primary source in making a healthy nuggets, but it could also be used in other meat
products specification like burger patties, even hotdogs , and other processed products.
Thus, it is universal safe alternatives because it can be utilized in various edible dishes.
Its fruits is very rich essentials nutrients that humans need. Lastly, banana will always
be a part of the environment. It will always be the main factor that is not limited because
it is grown. Consumers can easily purchase these certain materials without costing too
much. Utilizing the banana blossom is also another way of saving the budget and
providing a healthy lifestyle at the same time. It is natural, health-friendly, and affordable
to everyone in society.
 INPUT PROCESS OUTPUT

1. What is the level of

acceptability of Banana
Blossom Burger Patties
among the chosen
student of Central
Philippine State
University in terms of:

1.1 Taste
1.2 Texture
1.3 Appearance
1.4 Competiveness Survey Banana Blossom
Questionn Burger Patties
2. How do respondents aires
access the level of
acceptability in terms of
the above-mentioned
variables?
3. Is there a significant
relationship between
above the level of
acceptability of Banana
Blossom Burger Patties
to the selected students
of Central State
Philippine University in
relation to the above
selected variables.
Significance of the Study
 This study aims to know the acceptability of using banana blossom as an
alternative source of meat. The findings of this study will be a great help to the following:

Students. This study may help them to be conscious of what nutrition they can gain to
Banana blossom burger patties.

Future Researcher. This study can be a reference to future researchers. It will serve
them to have additional source & information in conducting research related to the topic.

Researcher. This study will give them to gain more knowledge about research that
related to the topic.

Scope and Limitation of the Study

This study is primarily focused on the Banana blossom Burger Patties. The
reference to be gathered for this study is arise from the secondary sources which
include internet and books about banana blossom. The researcher will used of survey
questionnaires, the collected primary data from the participants was organized by the
researcher.
This study only had participants coming from the student Central Philippine
State University which were chosen based on the criteria presented. There were five
departments which will be the source of primary data. They are College of Teacher
Education, College of Computer Science, College of Criminal Justice Education,
College of Business and Management and College of Agriculture and Forestry. The
following students, there were 100 participants that were selected.
The researcher will conduct survey questionnaires twenty (20) students of
COTED, twenty (20) CCS, twenty (20) CCJE, twenty (20) CBM, twenty (20) CAF. Each
participants will answer the survey questionnaires conducted. The researcher used a
random sampling method.