Banana flour

[1] In recent years, large scale commercial production has begun in Africa and South America using the same basic methodology.

As early as 1900, banana flour was sold in Central America under the brand-name Musarina and marketed as beneficial for those with stomach problems and pains.

[9] Gluten-free alternative Banana flour has been imported or produced by American and Australian firms, International Agriculture Group, and Natural Evolution.

[5] However, even in cooked products like pasta (banoodles), the addition of banana flour increased total resistant starch content in appreciable amounts.

Banana flour is often used raw, for example as an ingredient in smoothies or nutrition bars, because cooking may reduce the resistant starch content.

[14] Dynasty Banana Flour Manufacturing and Trading in the Philippines and Taj Agro Products in India export banana flour worldwide for use in livestock feeds (where it acts as a coagulant) and for use in glue production, mainly plywood glue.

However, many major banana producers have recently agreed to fair trade business practices, which have been shown to increase worker welfare.