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Starting a Business: Vinegar from Banana peeling

Vinegar is used in various cooking and food preparation. It is also used as preservative and food dips. This is sold in the local and export markets.

ESTIMATED INVESTMENT COST*

  • Production Cost/Capital Outlay
  • Materials/Cost
  • Sliced banana saba peeling (150 cups) – 0.00
  • Brown sugar (8kgs @P31/kg) – P248.00
  • Soap (powder, 1 box) – P45.00
  • Water – P8.45
  • Sub-total – P301.45
  • Tools/Equipments
  • Plastic carbouys 50pcs – P400.00
  • Cheesecloth 9katsa 5pcs @P15/pc – P75.00
  • Cotton (1/2 kg) – P25.00
  • Plastic pails 2pcs – P350.00
  • Earthen jars 10pcs – P2,000.00
  • Sub-total – P2,908.00
  • Labor Cost – P285.00
  • Electricity – P21.10
  • Transportation – P100.00
  • Estimated Total Investment Cost – P3,615.55

PROCEDURE

  1. Wash the saba peeling to remove dirt. Drain and cut into pieces approximately ½ x ½
  2. Measure the following ingredients and place them equally in each of the 10 earthen jars;
    1. 15 cups sliced banana saba peeling
    2. 5 cups brown sugar dissolved in 2.5 liters water
    3. 5 teaspoons baker’s yeast (optional)
  3. Fill the earthen jars with clean water to at least 1 inch from the rim
  4. Cover each jar with a piece of cheesecloth, securing it with a plastic twine.
  5. Let the mixture stand undisturbed for 1 week.
  6. After 1 week, stir the mixture in each jar with a clean ladle for at least 5 minutes daily. Do this for 1 week, make sure to cover the jars after stirring.
  7. Let the mixture in each jar stand undisturbed for another 2 weeks. After the, the vinegar should be ready

Caution:

  1. Do not use plastic containers for fermenting vinegar as this will affect the quality of the product.
  2. Do nit expose the earthen jars to direct sunlight during fermentation.
  1. Strain the mixture with a clean cheesecloth to separate the saba peeling from the vinegar.
  2. Store the vinegar in clean plastic pails for further fermentation
  3. Set aside the fermented saba peeling for later use as organic fertilizer through composting
  4. Boil the strained vinegar for 10 minutes. Allow to cool
  5. Pour the vinegar into clean cabouys (galunan) through funnel filter with cotton
  6. Cap the carbouys tightly and prepare for marketing
  7. Clean the earthen jars in preparation for the next batch fermentation.

 

 

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