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dc.contributor.authorSamuel, Gafuma
dc.contributor.authorG. W., Byarugaba-Bazirake
dc.contributor.authorEdiriisa, Mugampoza
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-03T12:36:18Z
dc.date.available2024-04-03T12:36:18Z
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.identifier.citationGafuma, S., Byarugaba-Bazirake, G. W., & Mugampoza, E. (2018). Textural hardness of selected Ugandan banana cultivars under different processing treatments.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v7n5p98
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12504/1651
dc.description.abstractTextural hardness affects cooking time, processing, fuel used and the quality of cooked bananas. In this study, textural hardness of selected Ugandan cooking and juice banana cultivars at green maturity was determined using a Texture Analyzer in raw form and at 30, 50, 70, 90, 100 and 130 min in boiled, steamed, mashed and cooled forms. Raw juice bananas (JB) were significantly harder (36.17N to 42.43N) than raw cooking bananas (CB) (22.37N to 26.72N) (p<0.05). On cooking, JB were harder than CB irrespective of cooking method and time. Boiling and steaming rapidly decreased hardness of the bananas in the first 30 min and decreased slowly thereafter. Boiling produced softer bananas than steaming while mashing resulted in intermediate hardness. Amongst JB, Kayinja was significantly harder than Ndiizi and Kisubi in boiled and steamed forms (p<0.05). Hardness of CB was not significantly different (p>0.05) for all cooking treatments, but Kibuzi was consistently softer while Kazirakwe and Nakabululu were harder than other CB cultivars. Cooling significantly increased (p<0.05) hardness of bananas under all treatments with JB being harder in all cases. Mashed and steamed bananas were harder than boiled bananas when cooled. Bananas cooked longer had lower hardness regardless of cooking method. Overall, textural hardness decreases with cooking time regardless of cooking method. Boiled bananas are softer than mashed or steamed. Cooling increases hardness which follows first order kinetics. Therefore, bananas should either be boiled or steamed and mashed for softer texture and be eaten within 30 min of serving. Juice bananas should not be cooked because of the hard texture established in this sen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Food Researchen_US
dc.subjectCooking bananas (CB)en_US
dc.subjectJuice bananas (JB)en_US
dc.subjectSteaming and mashing bananasen_US
dc.subjectTextural hardnessen_US
dc.titleTextural hardness of selected Ugandan banana cultivars under different processing treatmenten_US
dc.typeArticleen_US


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