BANANA WINE PROCESSING

Banana wine is a fruit wine made exclusively from bananas. It is 

different from banana beer, which has a long tradition and great cultural significance in East Africa. In Tanzania, banana wine is made commercially by fermenting peeled, mashed, ripe bananas.


Water (to dilute the rather thick banana mash), wine yeast and sugar are added to the "banana mash’’.  This wine can be made from most banana varieties irrespective of whether they are cooking, brewing or dessert type. A few varieties like Apple banana that remain hard even after ripening are not suitable for wine making.

banana fruits

PROCEDURE OF BANANA WINE MAKING

   Preparation and juice extraction.

                    i.            Ripe banana is washed and peeled carefully

                  ii.            After peeling, the banana should be grinded in small pieces, squeezed into juice and put into a clean (sterilized) plastic container.

  Juice physical and chemical analysis.

                    i.            Mls of sample is taken out and pH, acidity, TSS (total soluble solids) and alcohol are measured.

                  ii.            Acidity is adjusted to 0.67% and TSS should be adjusted to appropriate level of 22%.

wine packaging

  Fermentation and tracking of selected physical and chemical analysis

                          i.            Then baker’s yeast is pitched into juice at a rate of 2g per litre and the mixture be should be covered loosely with cotton wool until vigorous fermentation stops.

                        ii.            When fermentation subsides the container is closed tightly with an air lock device.

                      iii.            The process of fermentation is monitored at 0, 7, 14 and 21days and thereafter every 7 days by using TSS, pH, acidity, and alcohol parameters.

                      iv.            The wine is decanted and/or filtered, filled in bottles and cap.

                        v.            Finally, the wine should be cooled and preserved prior to assessment of quality.
                          

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Banana Wine

REFERENCES

Giuseppe, Z. (2005) .The Science and Technology of wine making Hagglund, N. O., (2004). Density  and   specific gravity. Ashland, VA.    www.springer.com/cda/content/.../cda.../9780387243771 Retrieved on 9^th February 2015.

           PARTICIPANTS

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MBWAGA, Innocent	FTS/D/2013/0076
MLISHIDI, Shabani	FST/D/2013/0037
AMBILIKILE, Isaya Fabian	FST/D/2013/0019
GULMAY,Barikieli	FST/D/2013/0006
MATTABA, Kariba	FST/D/2013/0013
GODWIN, Ibrahim N	FST/D/2013/0005
FREDNAND,NYANDWI L	FST/D/2013/0025
MATTABA,KARIBA	FST/D/2013/0013
LYELU NEVILLE Y	FST/D/2013/0047
LASMON SAMWEL W	FST/D/2013/0077
AMON,OBADIA O	FST/D/2013/0075