Xanthan and guar gums are commonly used in food formulations and no reported work has been found on their suitability as edible coatings on fried banana chips to reduce oil absorption. Therefore, the objective of the present study was to determine the effect of two edible coatings (guar or xanthan gum) or a combination of an edible coating and an increase in the oil centrifugation
speed during vacuum frying on the quality and oil absorption of banana chips.