Dear Hiver,
Tofu is a very common cuisine in Indonesia; processed soybeans are one of the daily side dishes enjoyed by the community, and since long ago, the process of processing soybeans into food components has been passed down through generations of artisans using the same manufacturing technique. Occasionally undergoing changes, I visited the tofu manufacturing center region in the Kruenggekuh district of North Aceh Regency today. Soybeans are not just used to make tofu; they are also used to make a variety of other items, the most popular of which is tofu.
Mawardi, a young guy who has been in the tofu production industry for a long time, owns the tofu plant that I visited today. His parents founded this tofu company in 1990, and it has been a primary source of income for a long period of time; MawardI has now enlarged the region. factory that he owns and is adjacent to the factory that his parents own. We spoke and conducted a brief interview on how he got started in this business and the possibilities for it during the epidemic.
According to Mawardi, the demand for tofu has been reasonably consistent, owing to the rise in popularity of home-based food merchants throughout the pandemic. In one day, the factory may make 20 kilograms of soybeans with a total supply of tofu that must be distributed to five traders. Mawardi, a huge corporation that places daily orders with the plant, focuses only on making and selling tofu to shops in three major marketplaces in Lhokseumawe.
Entrepreneurial spirit and a strong fighting spirit are exceptional characteristics of this young guy; despite his educational background in Engineering, he is not ashamed to be in this sector, as being an entrepreneur is extremely demanding for him, and he can learn a lot from it. the process of establishing the factory, particularly how to apply the technical side of tofu processing, tofu processed in the Mawardi factory using steam technology, which tastes from the boiler that is channeled into the tofu porridge produced by the soybean seed milling process, the use of hot steam undoubtedly requires mathematical calculations where The temperature of the steam and the specifications of the material employed have a significant effect on the outcome of tofu manufacturing. This has pushed Mawardi to continue innovating in his business, and as a result, he is extremely eager to build the tofu factory he practiced as a youth.
Along with tofu, there are several derivative products that can be produced at the Mawardi tofu factory, including beancurd, soy milk, and tofu dregs, which are used as animal feed. Therefore, all of the derivative products produced are extremely promising if we diligently conduct research on the opportunities associated with products made from soybeans.
Entrepreneurial spirit is a spirit that must be consistently cultivated in order to develop new entrepreneurs capable of creating work possibilities for others and increasing the country's per capita income in order to realize a wealthy and prosperous country.
Regard