An increase in total starch (TS) content was observed when the banana flour level was≥30% (Table 3). Banana flour and durum wheat flour had very close TS values and a dilution effect can be obtained at low-banana flour percentage in the spaghetti. How-ever, the increase in TS might be related with the cooking loss,where non-starch polysaccharides present in banana flour are eliminated with a concomitant increase in TS. The control spa-ghetti and that with 15% of banana flour added showed a similar