Pectin gel can be made without adding any commercial pectin. The gelling properties are allowed with correct amount of sugar, optimum acidity and sufficient pectin.
Other than that, at all stages of maturity, the banana peels are mostly richer in dietary fiber and pectin contents compared with other fruit peels. Therefore, these peels are applicable for variety of utilizations in the health care and food industries. This is possible to generate new potentials of agricultural by-products [10] and [11].
For this reason, the objective of the present study is to formulate the M. acuminata (AAA Group) peel jelly without adding commercial pectin in the identical conditions and ingredients. Furthermore, after long cooking process, the antioxidant activity was evaluated on developed peel jellies to demonstrate the relationship between phenolic contents and 1,1-Diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) scavenging activities. Ideally, the banana peel has brought a new potential source as base ingredient in jelly making in addition to its nutritional value.