“…The proximal composition of the BF obtained in the present study was comparable to that described in both the legislation and the literature for flour from other vegetable sources: (i) the moisture content of BF (5.67 g/100 g) was lower than the maximum permitted content for wheat flour (15% w/w) (Brasil, 2005; FDA, 2020); (ii) the protein content of BF (9.15 g/100 g) was similar to that found for wheat (~ 9 g/100 g), corn (4-9 g/100 g), and yellow pea (9.9 g/100 g) (Zhao et al, 2019) flours, and higher than that reported for green banana (3.3 g/100 g) (Flores- Silva et al, 2014) and sweet potato (2.89 g/100 g) (Teye et al, 2018) flours; (iii) the lipid content (0.45 g/100 g) was similar to that reported for green banana (0.5 g/100 g) (Flores- Silva et al, 2014), cassava flour (0.79 g/100 g) (Otondi et al, 2020), and sweet potato (0.76 g/100 g) (Teye et al, 2018) flours, and lower than pupunha (7.89 g/100 g) and flaxseed (21.19 g/100 g) (Sakurai et al, 2020) flours; (iv) the ash content that is related to the mineral content of BF (5.62 g/100 g) was higher than that found for green banana (2.4 g/100 g) (Flores- Silva et al, 2014), manioc and chia (2.59 and 4.98%, respectively) (Otondi et al, 2020), sweet potato (2.19 g/100 g) (Teye et al, 2018), and bean (2.06-3.65 g/100 g) (Rios et al, 2018) flours; (v) the total dietary fiber (21.81 g/100 g) was higher than those reported for sweet potato (3 g/100 g), avocado pear (9.32 g/100 g), and turkey berry (11.13 g/100 g) (Teye et al, 2018) flours; and (vi) the energy value of BF (355.73 kcal) was lower than pumpkin peel (382.54 kcal) (Staichok et al, 2016) and okara (413.92 kcal) (dos Santos et al, 2019) flours.…”