BANANA WINE PROCESSING

Banana wine is a fruit wine made exclusively from bananas. It is 

different from banana beer, which has a long tradition and great cultural significance in East Africa. In Tanzania, banana wine is made commercially by fermenting peeled, mashed, ripe bananas.


Water (to dilute the rather thick banana mash), wine yeast and sugar are added to the "banana mash’’.  This wine can be made from most banana varieties irrespective of whether they are cooking, brewing or dessert type. A few varieties like Apple banana that remain hard even after ripening are not suitable for wine making.