Science Investigatory Project (Part 3)

I & II. Statement of the Problem and Hypothesis

Why did you choose this product as your project?

This product was accidentally chosen by our group. It all started when we were walking towards our home, as we were about to pass the market, a tiny red fruit caught our attention, it was Rambutan, we decided to buy a kilo. We ate the fruit, and it tastes delicious and pleasing but we were disappointed with the bitter taste of the seed. One of us suggested making a study about the seed and how can we generate this useless seed into something new and functional thing. And here it is, the outcome of our studies, the one that can suit your taste buds, the newest spread in the world, the Rambo butter.

Does Rambo Butter contains toxic compounds which can be harmful for our health?

Actually, yes, it contains saponin and tannin, but our creative minds made it vanished along mixing it with other ingredients and by processing it, too, therefore, it is edible and will not cause any harm to our health but rather it will give us nutrients which can help us to perform many activities and works.

What are the nutrients we can acquire from this product?

Seed fat: the seed kernel yields 37-43% of a solid, white fat or tallow resembling cacao butter. When heated, it becomes a yellow oil having an agreeable scent. Its fatty acids are: palmitic, 2.0%; stearic, 13.8%; arachidic, 34.7%; oleic, 45.3%; and ericosenoic, 4.2%. Fully saturated glycerides amount to 1.4%.



III. Significance of the Study
Rambo butter will surely give more momentous uses in our lives. It can lessen our expenses; since the ingredients of this product are can be generated from the seed of Rambutan. Buying a kilo of rambutan will double your happiness; you can enjoy the sweet and sour blend of the fruit plus the outcome of the processing of the raw seed. It can be an alternative spread for peanut butter, strawberry jam, ube jam and many more. The contentment reaction you can attain in tasting this product will inspire anybody’s aura. It will enable you to execute many tasks and chores because of the nutrients you can obtain from this product.

IV. Scope and Limitation
This product can serve as your breakfast including toasted bread and as your snack. This can also be used by frustrated mother in kitchen works, out there! It can give nutrients to your body, making you full of strength to carry out many activities and works. It can be the newest; most preferred and desired spread in the world, the Rambo butter.

V. Related Studies
Rambutan is very valuable in all aspects; as medicine, as food and as chemical which is used in the production of soaps and candles.
The above said uses of Rambutan were proven effective by the experts and professionals. And as a contribution in the field of science, 3 students from III-St. Francis of Assisi formulated another use of Rambutan which is the above said Rambo butter.

VI. Review of Related Literature
There were conducted researches that are related to this project such as:
Rambutan Medicine: The fruit (perhaps unripe) is astringent, stomachic; acts as a vermifuge, febrifuge, and is taken to relieve diarrhea and dysentery. The leaves are poulticed on the temples to alleviate headache. In Malaya the dried fruit rind is sold in drugstores and employed in local medicine. The astringent bark decoction is a remedy for thrush. A decoction of the roots is taken as a febrifuge.
Rambutan furnitures: The tree is seldom felled. However, the wood–red, reddish-white, or brownish–is suitable for construction though apt to split unless carefully dried.