Banana starch structure and digestibility

► Cooked banana starch had a significant fraction of slowly digestible starch. ► Banana starch has unique pasting properties behaving like a cross-linked starch. ► Banana amylopectin has a significantly different structure from corn or potato amylopectin. ► Retrogradation studies support that banana amylopectin retrogrades at a faster rate. ► Banana starch is unique both nutritionally and functionally.