A Comprehensive Review on Nutritional Value, Medicinal Uses, and Processing of Banana

Products from natural sources are being used from thousands of years. Banana is famous for its traditional, medicinal, and nutritional uses. It is rich in carbohydrates (22.84 g/100 g), provides energy about 370 kJ/100 g and it is considered to be one of the best sources of potassium (358 mg/100 g)...

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Published inFood reviews international Vol. 38; no. 2; pp. 199 - 225
Main Authors Ranjha, Muhammad Modassar Ali Nawaz, Irfan, Shafeeqa, Nadeem, Muhammad, Mahmood, Shahid
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Philadelphia Taylor & Francis 17.02.2022
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects
Banana
Biscuits
Carbohydrates
Fruits
medicinal uses
nutritional value
Nutritive value
Potassium
processing
products
uses
Vegetable oils
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Summary:Products from natural sources are being used from thousands of years. Banana is famous for its traditional, medicinal, and nutritional uses. It is rich in carbohydrates (22.84 g/100 g), provides energy about 370 kJ/100 g and it is considered to be one of the best sources of potassium (358 mg/100 g) that fulfils 8% of the daily recommended value. Along with the unique nutritional profile, banana possesses excellent medicinal properties. Banana is one of those fruits whose all parts could be processed, including its flesh and peel like banana chips, banana powder, banana biscuits, and most commonly banana juice.
ISSN:8755-9129
1525-6103
DOI:10.1080/87559129.2020.1725890