The qualities of banana chips influenced by 2-step coating with CaCl2 at different concentrations (0.25, 0.5 and 0.75 g/100 ml distilledwater) and 0.5,1.0 or 1.5 g hydrocolloids (alginate, CMC and pectin)/100 ml distilled water were studied.Only one chip sample from each group of hydrocolloid which contained the least oil content and accepted the highest scores in all attributes was considered as the best treatment for further study. The results showed that the concerted activity of the combinations