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 (Fig. 1 and Tables 1–3).