Yellow Banana Chips

Introduction
There are two different methods for making banana chips. One of these is to deep fry thin slices of banana in hot
oil, in the same way as potato chips or crisps. The other is to dry slices of banana, either in the sun or using a solar
or artificial dryer. The products made by the two methods are quite different. The deep fried chips tend to be a
savoury, high calorie product that is eaten as a snack food. Because they are deep fried in oil they have a fairly
short shelf life- up to 2 months maximum when stored in the correct conditions. The oil is prone to turning rancid
and the crisps to becoming soft if they are not stored in air-tight containers.

Profit Range: The banana chips business profit ranges 50% to 60% as it has high demand
in the market. So, you can expect a profit of Rs 4 lakhs to 6 lakhs per year in small scale
business. You can even start banana chips making at home, as it requires a very small space to
start with.
 Dried banana chips - process flow-chart

Green, under-ripe bananas

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Peeling (as quickly as possible to avoid browning)
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Soaking in citric acid or ascorbic acid solution
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Slicing into 5-8mm thick slices, ensure uniform size pieces
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Soaking in honey dip or syrup solution for 3-5 minutes
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Drain
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Drying for 8 hours at 60°C or 1-2 days in a solar dryer
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Packaging
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Storage – in a cool place away from direct sunlight. Up to 2 months

Brands available in India

Naturalz Kerala Banana Chips

Chheda's - Yellow Banana Chips

Kerala Banana Chips

Salted Madhuram Banana Chips

Orange Banana Chips

Qalx Bbq Pepper Banana Chips

Jalaram Foods Yellow Banana Chips

Life Masala Magic Banana Chips

SRM Nendram Bananas Chips

Miras Yellow Banana Chip

CHOICE BANANA CHIPS

Munchin Banana Chips

Phalani Fresh Banana Chips

JJ Snacks Salted Kerala Banana Chips

Danaram Salted Banana Chips

Healthy Bites Vaccum Fried Banana Chips

LILLYS Plain,Masala KERALA BANANA CHIPS

Charlie Chips Yellow Banana

Which Indian state is famous for banana chips:

Locally called “upperi”, but better known as banana chips, it is an ethnic Kerala snack heartily savoured by practically
everyone.

Why Kerala banana chips are famous?

Authentic Kerala Style Banana chips made from exclusive variety called Nendran, that grows in
Kerala. This makes Kerala Banana chips special. Nendran is considered as the King of
Bananas because of its thick flesh, long built and great nutritional benefits especially
famous for it prebiotic properties.

Who invested in Kerala banana chips?

Ashneer Grover's investment in this Kerala's banana chips manufacturing firm clocks 3-fold
profit.

Banana chips market size in India

Kerala’s chips market is worth Rs 600 crore

Table 1. Percentage of moisture loss in fried banana chips after dipping in sugar solution

Figure 1. Bar graph showed percentage of moisture of banana chips before and after frying
 Figure 2. Percentage of fat content in banana chips after frying

Top snacks Companies in India 2022

The Indian snacks market  exhibited robust growth during 2016-2021. Snacks refer
to food products that are smaller in portion size than the main meal and are usually
consumed as a side dish or appetizer. They are either baked or fried and prepared
using various ingredients such as corn, potatoes, grains, flour, fruits, nuts, oil, and
vegetables. These products are available in sweet, salty, spicy, and sour flavors in
processed and packaged variants. In India, various snacks, such as chips, popcorn ,
salted peanuts, murukku, papads, and fryums, are gaining traction among individuals
due to their satisfying taste, long shelf-life, and easy storage.

As per the analysis by IMARC Group, the top India snacks companies are

introducing natural, organic, vegan, low-calorie, and gluten-free snacks due to the
rising health consciousness among consumers. They are also launching snacks in
different flavors, shapes, textures, and seasonings to attract a larger consumer base
and expand their product portfolio. For instance, Bikano, a brand of Bikanervala
Foods Private Limited, recently launched several new savory snacks in the market.
The company launched aloo bhujia in lemon chaska, daal mixture, and dry fruit
mixture flavors. Besides this, various luxurious snack brands are offering premium,
gourmet, and clean-label snack variants to strengthen their foothold in the Indian
market. Looking forward, IMARC Group expects the market to exhibit a CAGR of
12% during the forecast period (2022-2027).

Agro Tech Foods Limited (ATFL)

Agro Tech Foods Limited (ATFL) is a public limited company engaged in

manufacturing, marketing, and selling a wide range of food products and edible
oils. It operates in six segments, namely ready-to-cook snacks, ready-to-eat snacks,
spreads and dips, breakfast cereals, oils, and chocolate confectioneries. It provides
cooking sauces and meal kits, snacko, peanuts and chana, cereal snacks, peanut
and almond butter, honey roast, hummus, and almond and chocolatey hazelnut
spread under the Sundrop brand. The company also offers sunflower oil under the
Crystal brand name and ready-to-eat popcorn, sweet corn, extruded snacks, and
nachoz under the ACT II brand. Presently, Agro Tech is affiliated with Conagra
Brands, Inc., one of the world's largest food companies.

Balaji Wafers Pvt. Ltd.

Balaji is one of the leading snack manufacturers in India. It produces and distributes
a variety of grain-based snacks, including stack-ups, wafers, noodles, namkeen,
nachos, and flavored nuts. The company recently launched its instant noodles brand,
Gippi, and jaggery-mixed peanut bars to widen the consumer base. Presently, Balaji
Wafers provides around 65 different types of products through an established
network of more than 1200 dealers across India.

Market Share: Balaji Wafers with 10.7% market share

Bikanervala Foods Private Limited

Bikanervala is an Indian restaurant chain that primarily serves Indian sweets and
snacks.  It serves a diverse range of food products in over 100 outlets across six
countries. The brand also owns Bikano, one of India's leading packaged foods
manufacturers, which produces Indian sweets , namkeens, snacks, papads, syrups,
and ready-to-eat (RTE) foods . Bikano has five manufacturing sites in India that
produce Indian sweets and snacks, using state-of-the-art equipment and the best
international practices in food manufacturing. Moreover, it also offers its products
across Asia, Australasia, the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Market Share: Company's authorized capital stands at Rs 100.0 lakhs and has 85.0%
paid-up capital which is Rs 85.0 lakhs.

Haldiram Snacks Private Limited

Haldiram's is an Indian multinational sweet, snack, and restaurant company offering

chips, snacks, and frozen foods. It is engaged in manufacturing and distributing
sweets, namkeen, pickles , bhujia, puffs, cookies, chips, frozen kababs, wraps, and
other food products. It sells its products through retail locations such as bakeries,
confectionery stores, and e-commerce  websites. The company also sells 15 different
types of products in the United States. Besides this, Haldirams also operates around
40 restaurant chains at different locations in India.

Market Share: Haldiram is a leading brand in the savoury snacks segment, with
31% market share in traditional snacks in India.

ITC Limited

ITC Limited is a conglomerate company primarily engaged in fast-moving consumer

goods, hotels, paperboards, packaging, agri, and information technology (IT)
businesses in India and internationally. It primarily offers spices, biscuits ,
confectionery and gums, snacks, noodles and pasta, beverages, dairy, ready-to-eat
meals, chocolate , coffee, and frozen foods  in the snacks segment. The company
also operates approximately 113 hotels under the ITC Hotel, WelcomHotel, Fortune,
and WelcomHeritage brands. Presently, ITC Limited has 13 businesses in 5
segments. Moreover, it exports to 90 countries and distributes various products
through 6 million retail outlets.

Market Share: ITC is biggest cigarettes & second largest FMCG company in
India with ~78% of market share in cigarettes & presence in staples, biscuits,
noodles, snacks, chocolate, dairy products & personal care products.
Garden Yellow Banana Chips

5:15PM Yellow Banana Chips Snacks

Chheda's Yellow Banana Chips
TrulyKerala - Kerala Banana Chips
Haldiram Yellow Banana Chips

Nature Gate's Yellow Banana Chips

Yellow Banana Wafers (Charlie)
Banana Chips Regular Salty – Chitale Bandhu Mithaiwale
Kerala Yellow Banana Chips
Jaimin Banana Chips Yellow
Home Delight Peri Peri Yellow Banana Chips

Chheda'S Udipl Munch Yellow Banana

Wayanadan Banana Chips
Beyond Snack Kerala Banana Chips
Coriander Flavor Banana Chips

Kamlesh Yellow Banana Chips

Banana chips Black Pepper - Yellow Diamond
Parle Products Private Limited

Parle Products is a multinational food processing company that manufactures and

sells a wide range of snacks. It is best known for its flagship biscuit brand Parle-G.
The company offers biscuits, confectionery, snacks, cakes, rusks, cereals, and other
food items. It has a diverse portfolio of more than 150 products and 36 popular
brands, including:

 Monaco
 Marie
 Hide and Seek
 Kismi
 Mango Bite
 Melody
 Miano
 Eclairs

The brand also offers gift boxes with curated Parle products for different occasions.
Presently, Parle exports its products to more than 21 countries.

Market Share: Parle Product Private Ltd had a market share of 6.3 percent in the
confectionery market in 2021. This was a slight increase compared to the previous
year. The company witnessed a compound annual growth rate of 0.4 percent since
2017.

PepsiCo India Ltd.

PepsiCo, Inc. is a multinational corporation that manufactures, markets, distributes,

and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company was
formed with the merger of the Pepsi Cola Company and Frito Lay Inc. It provides
dips, cheese-flavored snacks, spreads, cereals, rice, pasta, mixes and syrups,
granola bars, beverage concentrates, fountain syrups, finished goods, ready-to-drink
tea, and coffee, juices, dairy products, sparkling water makers, and related products.
The company also owns popular brands such as:
  Lays
 Quaker Oats
 Doritos
 Tropicana
 Pepsi
 Aquafina
 Mirinda
 Mountain Dew

Moreover, Pepsi Co. exports its product to more than 200 countries across the
globe, including India.

Market Share: Brand Pepsi has slipped with its category market share at less than
5%, the executives said. A PepsiCo spokesperson said as a policy, the company does
not comment on share numbers, and added the first half of 2022 has been one of its
"best ever" performances for its beverages portfolio.

Prataap Snacks Limited (Yellow Diamond)

Prataap Snacks Limited is one of the leading snack food companies that
manufactures and sells snack foods in India and internationally.  It offers potato
chips , extruded snacks, namkeens, and pellets under the Yellow Diamond brand. It
also offers namkeens and fryums under the Avadh brand, cookie cake, yum cake,
tiffin cake, swiss roll, pie, and sandwich-cake snacks under the Rich Feast brand. At
present, the company operates nine manufacturing facilities and a wide network of
3500 distributors across India.

Market Share: Yellow Diamond potato chips maker Prataap Snacks is looking to
increase its market share from the current 4-5 percent to 10 percent in the
next five years as it expects a growth of 15-20 percent during the period, the
firm's Managing Director Amit Kumat said
TTK Foods (TTK Healthcare)

TTK Healthcare Limited is primarily engaged in animal welfare and human pharma
product, consumer product, medical device, protective devices, and food businesses
in India and internationally. The company's food division TTK Foods is India's first
and largest manufacturer of extruded products. It offers cereal, potato, rice, pulses,
and corn-based products in the 2D and 3D categories. Apart from the domestic
market, TTK Foods also exports its products to 18 countries across the globe.

Urban Platter

Urban platter is a privately held company that manufactures and sells gourmet
foods. It produces snacks, confectionery, chocolates, pickles, sauces, ready-to-eat
foods, herbs, spices, and canned products. The company mainly sells through e-
commerce platforms and has more than 25 distributors across India. The brand also
offers its products to around 250 restaurants and cafes. Presently, Urban Platter is
associated with brands like:

 Figaro
 Mason & Co
 Sprig, Earth Loaf
 All Things Chocolate
 Lavazza
 eighty20
 Flat Tummies
 La Rustichella
 Kotgarh Fruit Bageecha