Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply.

The reuse of agricultural by-products to enhance the nutritional value of food products is currently a growing trend being implemented by the industry. Bananas are considered the fourth most important food crop globally, with Ecuador ranked among the top producers. The peel, which is rich in fiber a...

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Main Author: Araujo C., Valeria P.
Other Authors: Espinoza, Sandra
Format: Tesis
Language:Inglés
Published: Zamorano: Escuela Agrícola Panamericana 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11036/7856
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description The reuse of agricultural by-products to enhance the nutritional value of food products is currently a growing trend being implemented by the industry. Bananas are considered the fourth most important food crop globally, with Ecuador ranked among the top producers. The peel, which is rich in fiber and antioxidants, accounts for 30% of the fruit. This project evaluated the addition of banana peel flour to a traditional Ecuadorian dessert called banana candy to increase its fiber content. The objectives were to assess the effect of this addition on the sensory, physical characteristics, and fiber content of the dessert. Affective sensory evaluation was conducted using an acceptance and preference test with 100 panelists, where color, smell, taste, sweetness, texture, and overall acceptance of four treatments with different levels of banana peel flour (0%, 5%, 7.7%, and 10%) were evaluated. A Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used, an ANOVA and a Duncan mean separation were applied to determine the treatment with the highest acceptance. Physicochemical analyses were performed on the control and the 5% banana peel flour treatment using an Independent Samples Design and a t-test. The results showed that the 5% banana peel flour treatment was the most accepted after the control, significantly increasing the fiber content, although it did not meet the levels required to be considered a source of fiber according to the RTCA.
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spelling ZAMORANO78562025-01-16T15:24:52Z Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply. Araujo C., Valeria P. Espinoza, Sandra Cardona, Jorge Accumulation curve citizen science estimating biodiversity sampling effort The reuse of agricultural by-products to enhance the nutritional value of food products is currently a growing trend being implemented by the industry. Bananas are considered the fourth most important food crop globally, with Ecuador ranked among the top producers. The peel, which is rich in fiber and antioxidants, accounts for 30% of the fruit. This project evaluated the addition of banana peel flour to a traditional Ecuadorian dessert called banana candy to increase its fiber content. The objectives were to assess the effect of this addition on the sensory, physical characteristics, and fiber content of the dessert. Affective sensory evaluation was conducted using an acceptance and preference test with 100 panelists, where color, smell, taste, sweetness, texture, and overall acceptance of four treatments with different levels of banana peel flour (0%, 5%, 7.7%, and 10%) were evaluated. A Randomized Complete Block Design (RCBD) was used, an ANOVA and a Duncan mean separation were applied to determine the treatment with the highest acceptance. Physicochemical analyses were performed on the control and the 5% banana peel flour treatment using an Independent Samples Design and a t-test. The results showed that the 5% banana peel flour treatment was the most accepted after the control, significantly increasing the fiber content, although it did not meet the levels required to be considered a source of fiber according to the RTCA. 2025-01-16T20:28:18Z 2025-01-16T20:28:18Z 2024 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/11036/7856 eng Copyright Escuela Agrícola Panamericana, Zamorano https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/ application/pdf Zamorano: Escuela Agrícola Panamericana
spellingShingle Accumulation curve
citizen science
estimating biodiversity
sampling effort
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Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply.
title Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply.
title_full Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply.
title_fullStr Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply.
title_full_unstemmed Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply.
title_short Development of a "banana candy" using banana (Musa paradisiaca) peel flour as a fiber supply.
title_sort development of a banana candy using banana musa paradisiaca peel flour as a fiber supply
topic Accumulation curve
citizen science
estimating biodiversity
sampling effort
url https://hdl.handle.net/11036/7856
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