Storage studies on spray dried ripe banana powder produced by response surface methodology

The present investigation was aimed at studying the physico chemical, organoleptic and microbial characteristics of the spray dried banana powder across storage produced by Response Surface Methodology. Physico chemical parameters conducted on the optimized powder across three types of packaging materials revealed that moisture content increased significantly at 60 days (F=9.50) and 90 days (F=15.05) of storage at 5% probability level. Reducing sugar depicted a non-significant increase in all the three types of packaging materials.