Wine has been popular for centuries, and this fermented beverage has captivated drinkers from many different cultures and corners of the world. Most people think wine is made using grapes, but you can actually make wine using all sorts of fruits – bananas are just one of the more recent contenders in this market.
Banana wine is a sweet-smelling beverage that comes with a unique taste, a light fruit flavor, and in a color similar to that of honey. The main ingredient for a banana wine recipe is ripe bananas. Depending on the type of recipe are using, banana wine can be made either sweet or dry. Bananas being some of the sweetest fruits, they are packed with sugars, which is very much needed when it comes to the wine making process. Only a few additions are usually required to make its acidity level balance. Bananas are usually a perfect match with lots of other types of fruits, making the possibilities endless and only limited by your own imagination or creativity.
Fruit wines are uninstalled alcoholic beverages usually made from grapes or other fruits such Jackfruit, Pineapple, Banana, Grape, Mango which are nutritive, tastier, and mild stimulants. These fruits undergo a period of fermentation and aging. They usually have an alcohol content ranging between 5 and 13%. Wines made from fruits are often named after the fruits. No other drinks, except water and milk, have earned such universal acceptance and esteem throughout the ages as has wine. Wine is a food with a flavor like fresh fruit which could be stored and transported under the existing conditions.
Banana wine is made from, you guessed it, bananas! Bananas are a type of fruit that grows in tropical climates and is known for its sweet taste. Banana wine is made by fermenting the sugars in bananas to create alcohol. The fermentation process can take up to two weeks, and the finished product has an alcohol content of around 12%.
Uses and Application
Wine is one of the most recognizable high value added products from fruits. It can also be used as a substrate for the manufacture of vinegar, a by-product of wine manufacture. Bananas are an important staple starchy food. It is a seasonal and highly perishable fruit, which can be available all year round. The large quantity of bananas and plantains provides the potential for industrial use. In addition, any application to produce a marketable, value-added product will improve banana farming economies and eliminate the large environmental problem presented by banana waste.
Digestion: Banana wine, due to its high fiber content, possesses many health benefits, such as helping to ease the digestion process by feeding your gut friendly bacterial in your intestines.
Weight Loss: Even though no study can directly link banana wine to aiding weight loss, several banana attributes makes it a weight loss friendly food, for example, bananas have very few calories with an average banana having 100 calories.
Moderates Blood Sugar Level: Bananas are also known to contain nutrients that help moderate blood sugar levels, which is definitely s
Increased Metabolism: Bananas are also known to help boost the metabolism rate, which improves the body’s ability to detoxify and governs the body’s inflammatory respons.
Indian Market
The consumption of Wine in India is found to be increasing with rise of awareness of wine as a good drink for health. The wine market of India observed growth with a CAGR of more than 25% in past five years. Growing popularity of Vineyards as tourism places, higher disposable incomes and growth in foreign tourists, promotion of wine as beneficial to health etc. are some of the reasons for such growth. Global travel and expose to other countries where drinking wine is a part of the lifestyle are also helping to drive the sales of wine in India.
One of the major obstacles in growth of wine market is the price of wine which is comparatively very high than other alcoholic beverages and India being a price sensitive country people generally don't prefer consuming wine. Despite the number of Indian wine makers is on the rise, the consumption of imported wine is high in India. Wine is considered as a very young category in India, but its strong performances and high potentials are leading to the entry of several new players, while at the same time existing companies are expanding their product portfolios and presence in various regions of Indian market. Sula Vineyards is considered to be the market leader in the Indian wine market followed by Grover Zampa Vineyards, Fratelli Wines Pvt. Ltd., John Distilleries Private Limited and others.
The wines in Indian market are generally segmented as Red wine, White wine, Sparkling wine, Rose wine and other wines. Red wines are the most popular and mostly consumed wine having a large market share. While white, rose and sparkling wine are emerging segments. With increasing variants and new brands these segments are forecasted to grow higher compared to the red wine segment and obtain a higher market share in future, which will reduce the dominance of red wine in the Indian wine market.
