2.6. Physico-chemical properties
For assay of weight loss, banana hands were weighed before and after treatment and the difference was expressed as percentage weight loss. Total soluble solids were analyzed from fruit pulp using hand-held refractometer (Brix; 0–32%). Each reading was multiplied by a dilution factor to calculate the actual TSS content ( Brix) of the pulp (Somogyi, 1952).