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Banana Chips are made from Philippine Banana of the Saba and Cardava variety. The bananas are picked in their mature green stage, peeled, washed, sliced and fried in fresh refined vegetable oil. The chips does not contain any artificial additives. The average size is 20-25 m/m in diameter and thickness of 4.0 m/m more or less.
The Philippines is a strong contender for the title of “Banana Capital of the World,” given the innumerable banana plantations scattered across Mindanao. Tapping this prodigious source, Arrowood established its first banana chips plant in 1986. A thriving demand saw the rise of the second plant in General Santos City in 1988 and soon, a third plant in 1990, in Tagum City. The three plants have a total production output of 90 x 20-feet containers per month.
The banana chips comes in different favours:
- Honeydipped banana chips - Sweetened banana chips - Unsweetened banana chips - Salted banana chips - Cinnamon banana chips
It is also available in different cuts like Whole Chips, Halves, Quarters, Broken, Diced, and Fines.
With the world’s growing fascination for tropical food, including snacks, Arrowood a consistent growth in the demand for its banana chips. The rise in sales is further fueled by consistent nutrition findings that even processed banana chips is a healthy snack.
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