- Banana beer is an
alcoholic beverage made from fermentation of mashed bananas.
- There are two
types of banana that are used for banana beer: the harsh tasting
igikashi and the milder tasting igisahira.
- Banana beer is
made from bananas, mixed with a cereal flour (often sorghum
flour) and fermented to an orange, alcoholic beverage.
- It is sweet and
slightly hazy with a shelf life of several days under correct
storage conditions.
- Banana beer is a
weak alcoholic beverage that is popular throughout Africa.
- Only ripe bananas
(Musa species) should be used to make the beer as these have a
high sugar content, which is necessary for the
fermentation.
- Banana beer is
made from raw material that does not undergo any heating or
cooking at any stage of the process.
- In Central and
East Africa, the juice from the ripe fruit of varieties known as
“beer bananas” may be drunk fresh or fermented
to make a beer with a low alcohol content and short shelf-life.
- The beer is
important nutritionally and is rich in vitamin B due to the
yeast content.
- In Uganda and
Sudan, banana beer is distilled to produce banana alcohol, or “waragi”.
- Gikongoro is the
major market for the beer bananas and beer produced in
neighboring Cyangugu.
- Beer bananas are
the most common cultivars in three growing areas: Kivu Lake,
Cyangugu and, Kigali Rural.
- Bananas know as
maantoke are eaten raw and cooked in porridge and fermented into
banana beer in Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and
other places in sub-Sahara Africa.
- In Uganda, Rwanda
and Burundi people eat around 550 pounds of bananas a year. They
drink banana juice and beer made from
bananas.
- In Kenya, banana
beer is known as urwaga, in Uganda as lubisi, in Rwanda and
Burundi as urwagwa.
- In some parts of
the region such as Rwanda and Burundi, however beer banana
production is a dominant commercial activity and in these
countries beer banana constitutes 64% of annual beer production.
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General
Information
- Bananas (Windward)
- Why beer bananas?
The case for Rwanda
- About Banana beer
information
Making Process
- How to Make Banana
Beer
- Banana Beer
Processing
- Making Banana Beer
- Banana Beer
production
Studies
- The effect of
enzymatic processing on banana juice and wine
- People and Bananas
on Steep Slopes Agricultural Intensification and Food Secunty
under Demographic Pressure andEnvironmental Degradation in
Rwanda
- Feasibility study
on technologies for improving banana for resistance against
bacterial wilt in sub saharan africa
- A Study on the
analysis of musa processing business and their support
environment in Tanzania
Patent
- Process For
Producing Beer-Taste Beverages Having A Satisfactory Brewing
Aroma
- Duck decoy anchor
- Bacterial Growth
enhancer
Company Profiles
& Consultancy
- Company from
France
- Company from USA
- Consultancy from
New Delhi
- Consultancy from
USA
Raw
Material Suppliers
- Ripe Bananas
Suppliers
- Exporters of
Ripe Banana
- Cereal flour
Selling Leads
- Suppliers and
Manufacturers of sorghum flour
Suppliers
- Banana Beer
Suppliers
- Suppliers and
Manufacturers of Banana Beer
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Application
- Uses of Musa
- The biology of
bananas and plantains
- The many uses of
Musa
Recipe
- WaterAid helps
Lake Victoria banana beer taste, and sell, better
- Banana Beer
-
Banana Beer Bread
-
Banana Beer
-
Banana Beer (Aka
Jungle Juice)
Market
- A Threat to banana
production in east and central Africa
- Banana production
systems
in eastern and southern Africa
- Transaction Costs
and Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Banana Markets in the
Great Lakes Region
- Banana (Musa spp.)
Processing Businesses: Support Environment and
Role in Poverty Reduction in Rural Tanzania
- Banana production,
processing and marketing in Rwanda
- Marketing survey
of the Banana sub-sector
- Domestic
Banana-Beer Production in Mpigi District, Uganda
- Banana Value
Chains in Central Africa: Constraints and Opportunities
Report
- Banana Marketing
in Rwanda, Burundi and South Kivu
CIALCA Project Survey Report
- Banana Beer in
Burundi
- The case for
growing beer
bananas
- Evaluating the
Marketing Opportunities for Banana & its Products in the
Principle Banana Growing Countries of ASARECA
- Bananas and Food
Security
- Agricultural
Innovation and Technology in Africa - Rwanda experience Coffee,
banana and dairy commodity chains
- Brewing a Wheat
Beer
with Intensive Banana Aroma
- Land Degradation
and
Opportunities for Sustainable
Management of Kagera River
Basin-Tanzania
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