Produção de farinha de banana verde

Abstract

The drying of fruits for the production of flour is a good alternative to reduce the post-harvest losses of these fruits, since much of the production is lost along the productive chain. This work has as its theme the production of unripe banana flour from the banana Nanica (Musa cavendish), presenting data on banana production in Brazil and its waste. Unripe banana flour is rich in starch resistant (SR), a polysaccharide that because it is not digested during the digestive process presents some beneficial actions to the human organism. The work also presents the description of the production process of unripe banana flour, the mass and energy balance involved in the production and a brief cost analysis.