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Nutrient Composition of Banana Skins¹

Animal Husbandry Dept., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

ABSTRACT

Recently, someone who makes a practice of feeding kitchen and garden refuse to family livestock sent in an inquiry as to the feeding value of such substances. For most of the items mentioned there is considerable information on record, but of the lowly banana skin little is known. The information found was in reports of some analyses made in England and Germany (1, 3), results of one digestion trial with sheep in Germany (2) and an account of a study of the pigments of the banana skin from this country (4), all made many years ago.

Therefore, it was decided to make a rather detailed analysis of the skins. The sample obtained for the work was representative of an entire bunch of the whole fruit. Care was taken in sampling to separate from the skins and discard any pieces of the pulp which either had been overlooked or had been purposely discarded as too ripe for human consumption.

¹ Contribution 730 of the Massachusetts Agricultural Experiment Station.