that the “dehydrated” banana chips you buy at the store are everything but!?!? I decided to look it up because my husband found some sweetened banana chips at sun harvest, and I figured that I would learn how to make them since I am getting a food dehydrator soon. They are by Henerys Farmer Market.  So taking in to account that I am at sun harvest (in short a hippie health food store) and the package says “farmers market” you would think that it was “healthy”…

“Unfortunately when dehydrating bananas they lose a lot of their flavour and you are often left with a faintly sweet, spongy feeling disc of fruit.

But those bananas which have been dehydrated commercially are beautifully crunchy and taste great. However, the way they are produced is not good for those who are extremely conscience about what they eat as they are deep fried. What happens is that the slices of banana are deep fried in coconut oil and then dipped into sugar water to provide that glistening sheen to them.”

As soon as I read this a little bell went off in my head…I had read the ingredients and I seemed to remember reading coconut oil on the package. I went back and read the package and sure enough coconut oil was on there and also vegetable oil!

 

(http://ezinearticles.com/?How-To-Make-Your-Own-Dehydrated-Bananas&id=415936)