Process for Preparation of Raw Banana Powder (unripe)

Raw banana powder offers a nutritious, gluten free, and shelf stable ingredient rich in resistant starch, dietary fiber, and essential minerals. It is ideal for health conscious consumers, infants, and people with digestive or diabetic concerns. By converting unripe bananas into powder, it reduces post harvest losses, enhances value addition, and provides a versatile ingredient that can be used across multiple food products.

The process involves selection of unripe bananas, washing, peeling, slicing, blanching, drying, grinding, and packaging. The powder is widely used in baby foods, health mixes, bakery products, soups, and traditional recipes. It serves as a thickening agent and nutritional supplement. Suitable for food processing industries, small scale enterprises, and home based production, it ensures easy incorporation into various RTE or RTC products.

It has high nutritional value, long shelf life, and ease of storage and transport. The powder retains resistant starch and fiber, supporting digestive health and low glycemic index diets. It is gluten-free, easily digestible, and suitable for all age groups. The process minimizes wastage of raw bananas and enables year round availability, while its versatility allows use in multiple food formulations.