Banana and Plantain Processing for a Healthier Diet
This value-added processing technology transform bananas and plantains into a range of marketable products. Both ripe and unripe fruits can be utilized. Unripe bananas and plantains are typically peeled, sliced, and dried (either in the sun or using dehydrators) before grinding into flour. This flour boasts a high resistant starch content and can be used as a partial substitute for wheat flour in various applications like baking and pasta production. For ripe bananas, the process involves peeling and pulping the fruit to create a puree ideal for use in beverages, dairy products like yogurt, and even ice cream. Alternatively, sliced bananas can be dried or deep-fried to produce healthy snacks in the form of banana chips. Notably, the processing methods can be adapted for small-scale, community-based operations or scaled up for industrial production lines.
This technology is TAAT1 validated.
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Banana flour production machinery that can process 100 kg per hour
Equipment for the automatic production of fried banana chips (100-500 kg/hour)
Commercial presses for producing banana pulp (0,5 ton/hour)
Open source / open access
Country | Tested | Adopted |
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Benin | Tested | Adopted |
Burkina Faso | Tested | Adopted |
Burundi | Tested | Adopted |
Cameroon | Tested | Adopted |
Côte d’Ivoire | Tested | Adopted |
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Tested | Adopted |
Ethiopia | Tested | Adopted |
Ghana | Tested | Adopted |
Guinea | Tested | Adopted |
Kenya | Tested | Adopted |
Malawi | Tested | Adopted |
Nigeria | Tested | Adopted |
Rwanda | Tested | Adopted |
Sierra Leone | Tested | Adopted |
Somalia | Tested | Adopted |
Tanzania | Tested | Adopted |
Togo | Tested | Adopted |
Uganda | Tested | Adopted |
Zambia | Tested | Adopted |
This technology can be used in the colored agro-ecological zones. Any zones shown in white are not suitable for this technology.
AEZ | Subtropic - warm | Subtropic - cool | Tropic - warm | Tropic - cool |
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Arid | – | – | – | – |
Semiarid | – | – | ||
Subhumid | – | – | ||
Humid |
Source: HarvestChoice/IFPRI 2009
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that are applicable to this technology.
Preparation of Unripe Plantain and Banana Flour:
Processing Banana Puree from Ripe Bananas:
Manufacturing Banana Chips:
Industrial-Scale Process (for Unripe Fruits):
Last updated on 22 May 2024