Unripe banana fruit flour based products has a
more beneficial effect on stomach related ailments in
human beings due to the presence of more resistant starch
(RS), which is strongly associated with amylose content.
The present study was carried out to analyse sugars, starch
and amylose content of mature unripened banana fruits of
nine banana cultivars. Among tested cultivars, starch content
varied in the range of 80.53–86.76 % and amylose
content ranged from 24.41 to 36.87 %. Amylose content
differentiates the dessert bananas from plantain and cooking
bananas. The plantain and cooking bananas viz, Nendran,
Monthan and Saba recorded [34 % of amylose and
they have greater potential in food industries as raw
material. Preparation of amylose rich banana fruit flour
products reduces considerable post-harvest losses, especially
in Nendran, thereby converting the rejected/culled
banana fruits into flour based food products