The samples coated with 70% DD of chitosan demonstrated higher vitamin C losses as compared to the
corresponding samples coated with 80% DD of chitosan. It is evident that the coatings with higher DD are the more
effective in maintaining the vitamin C content of banana. Furthermore, the addition of TEA emulsifier tended to
increase the vitamin C loss confirming that TEA addition was not supportive in enhancing the quality of chitosan
coating. In general, the effect of chitosan concentration did not show any tendency which could be due to the
variations in raw banana fruits. However, in banana coated with 2% chitosan of 80% DD without TEA (C3*), there
was an obvious tendency that vitamin C loss were decreased with increasing chitosan concentration (p