The average length and diameter of Cavendish and
Dream banana used for the study were 18.0 and 6.0,
and 13.1 and 5.3 cm respectively. The average weight
per fruit was 174 and 101 g for Cavendish and Dream
banana, respectively. This indicates differences in the
size of the two banana varieties. Ripe banana flours
produced were pale or soft yellow in color, scattered
with small black spots and presented banana flavor.
After production of banana flour, the average yield of
Cavendish and Dream banana flour were 183.4 and
274.3 g/Kg of banana fruit respectively. Chemical
composition of both banana flours has been compared
(AlKarkhi et al., 2009). The protein and fat contents
of the ripe banana flour were low, i.e. 4.78 and 4.11,
0.42 and 0.30% for Cavendish and Dream banana
flour respectively. The content of carbohydrate was
high in both types of flour and this is expected since
ripe banana is known to contain high level of sugar
and dietary fibers (Rodriguez-Ambriz et al., 2008).
Table 1 summarizes the mean and standard
deviations of selected physical parameters for the two
types of banana flour. The average TSS of Cavendish
banana flour was slightly lower than that of Dream
banana, thus indicating higher sugar content in the