BANANA 569 
Composition of Banana Flour and Other Foods 
| | | | 
| | | Carboby- 
| Water | Protein Fat | drates Fiber Ash 
anana flour’ | Per cent. | 2 Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Pere cent.| Per cent. 
B 
From Porto Rico fruit ......... | 138 438 | 8.50 0.47 | 79.82 of 2.24 
From Florida fruit ............ | 5.3 2 81 | .66 | 87.45 8 | 2.90 
From Honduras fruit .......... 10.38 2 87 | .50 | 87.02 2.55 
Bananas, fresh, edible portion, cee aee 75 30 1.30 | . 60 21.00 1. 60 { . 80 
Apples, fresh, edible portion. .../| 84 60 .40 | 560 | 13.00 | 1.20 | .30 
Apples, dried .......-2ece cece eee 28 10 1.60 | 2.20 | 66.10 | Lies | 2.00 
Wheat flour, patent roller process....{ 11 50 11.40 | 1.00 | 75.40 .20 .50 
Ric co.cc cc cee eee cee wee ee tee 12.30 8.00 | . 30 | 78.80 . 20 . 40 
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Dried ground bananas are seen to con- 
tain in the same bulk more nutritive ma- 
terial than the fresh. This would natur- 
ally be the case, since a large part of the 
water in them was removed in drying. 
Fresh bananas and apples are somewhat 
similar in chemical composition and the 
same is true of the dried products. The 
dried apples contain somewhat more wat- 
er and hence less nutritive material than 
the dried and ground bananas. Banana 
flour contains much less protein than 
wheat flour. 
— 
As pointed out by the Connecticut State 
Station, the three samples of banana 
flour analyzed are quite alike in com- 
position. They contain less than half 
as much protein as rice. Their nutritive 
value rests almost wholly in the materials 
which constitute nitrogen-free extract. 
In those countries where banana flour 
is prepared in considerable quantity, it 
is used in combination with milk, sugar, 
etc., in the preparation of custards, cakes 
and similar articles. 
C. F. LaNnGwortHy 
Imports of Bananas—Years Ending June 30, 1909-19138 
Imported from 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 
BANANAS (Free) 
North America: Bunches Bunches Bunches Bunches Bunches 
British Honduras ....... 413,300 416,218 549,060 557,160 : 
Canada ...... eee eee nee 1 2,047 9,62 10,299 : 
Central American States— 
Costa Rica .......-.05. 5,912,200 8,193,800 7,387,700 7,053,664 6,973,684 
Guatemala .........6- 658,300 755, "600 1,458,500 2,017,650 2,359,250 
Honduras .......0e008- 5,624,807 5, 364. 831 6, 901,895 T151,17 7.983,591 
Nicaragug .....e..005- 1,171,800 1,286,581 2, "139, 732 2,270,100 1,681,944 
Panama ......eeeaeae 3,772,561 8,402,500 4, 043, ‘000 4,581,500 4, "438, 300 
Salvador . occ c ce cee ee te ee ee ke een ee es BAD lk we ees 
Mexico 2... cw ee ee wee eee ees 212,214 241,324 584,842 817,006 1,541,504 
West Indies— 
British 1 , 
arbados .....ee0e) a eee ee 
Jamaica... te, « qaazodog 1 22SS2SGt 15 4er.8i8 11,168,265 
Trin. and Tobago. 14,705,45 : ie: 5°) <n a 
Other British aon f ” 636 6,595 1,625 
Cuba oc. ee we ewe es 2,407,918 2,223,210 2,670,200 2,478,581 2,213,733 
Dutch ci. w eee cc cee ee wee eee ne ees 17,000 once cee et ee 
Santo Domingo ....... 140,000 218,000 509,308 304,000 4.75,500 
South America: 
Brazil 2... ee ewe eens BO4ASL  —-_— nee eee nw eee ee ke ee eee 
Colombia ........0ee8- 1,492,692 1,012,564 2,540,583 1,542,988 2,684,749 
Guiana—Duteh ........ 407,939 659,486 "564,273 261,548 184,498 
Total .........5. 36,973,584 38,156,659 44,699,222 44,520,539 42,357,109 
RBECAPITULATION. 39,487,862 
North America..........-- 35,022,472 36,484,609 41,594,366 42,716,003 4 
South America.........06- 1.951,112 1,672,050 8,104,856 1,804,536 2) 869, 247 
