Plantain flour

Category: Flours & Müsli - gluten free

Plantain flour, gluten-free, great for pancakes - even works for pies.

9,25 € Tax included

Delivery: 1-3 days
  • 1000g (2 x 500g) Best before: 30.11.2025
  • 25kg

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Product description

This flour is 100% pure plantain - no additives, no nothing.

Plantain flour is naturally gluten free, lactose free and egg free, as well as being paleo. It is an excellent substitution for wheat flour for dishes such as pancakes. In breads, it can replace up to 30% regular flour.

Plantain flour is made by drying green, unripe plantains and grinding them to flour. It contains so-called resistant starch and is the reason we first started looking into plantain flour. 100g of plantain flour have between 35g and 68g resistant starch: http://freetheanimal.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Resistant-Starch-in-Foods.pdf

Plantains

Plantains are a staple food in South America, Asia and Africa. They are starchier than regular bananas and can be used like potatoes. Green (unripe) plantains, such as are used for planatain flour, taste neither sweet nor like banana. When ripe (yellow), they taste like a slightly sweet banana and impart this flavor to the dish.

Using Plantain Flour

Plantain flour is a versatile flour. It can be used 1:1 as a substitute for regular flour in dishes such as pancakes, semolina, roux and other sauces.

For dishes such as bread, plantain flour can replace up to 30% of regular wheat flour.

Plantain flour does NOT taste like banana.

Plantain flour at a glance

  • Contents: 1 carton with 2 x 500g plantain flour
  • Ingredients: Plantain flour
  • Taste: Neutral taste, slightly nutty, NOT like banana
  • Nutritional information (per 100g)
Energy 341kcal /1477kJ

Fat
- Saturated fats

Carbohydrate
- Sugar

Fiber
Protein
Salt

0.1g
0.5g

80.1g
0.8g

4.0g
2.0g
0.3g

 

Frequently asked questions

  • Does plantain flour taste like bananas?

    No, plantain flour does not taste like bananas. Plantain flour is very neutral. It does not taste like bananas at all.

  • Can I replace wheat flour 1:1 with plantain flour?

    Yes and no. 😀

    The biggest difference between plantain flour and wheat flour is that wheat flour contains gluten. Gluten has the wonderful property of serving as a binder, as a glue. That's why you can make a dough and not just a batter. The main difference between dough and batter is that dough holds together well. You can knead it, stretch it, and twirl a pizza bottom in the air.

    Because plantain flour is gluten-free, it's not gluey. Consequently, you can use plantain flour as a 1:1 substitute where gluten is not important, for example for pancakes. However, you can't bake a classic bread or buns with it. The texture will be much denser, heavier, and more crumbly.

Reviews (17)

Rated 5.00 on the scale 1 - 5 based on 17 customer reviews
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das K-B-Mehl ist für mich ein klassischer glutenfreier Ersatz. Ich mache mir einen Pfannkuchen daraus (mit 1 El eingeweichten Chiasamen statt Ei und Wasser statt Milch) schmeckt neutral, passt zu süß und salzig, gelingt prima, schmeckt prima, bin rundum zufrieden

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Reply from Eichenhain.com:
Vielen Dank sowohl für die Bewertung als auch das Rezept! Pfannkuchen sind mit unsere häufigste Verwendung für das Mehl. :)
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Klasse Alternativmehl

klappt wunderbar für Kekse und Bananenbrot

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Reply from Eichenhain.com:
Vielen Dank für die Rückmeldung! Bananenbrot ist sooo lecker. Jetzt habe ich Hunger! :-)
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Genial für alle, die kein Weizenmehl mehr verwenden wpllen.

Ich habe schon Pfannkuchen gemacht , und einen Käsekuchen ohne Boden damit gebacken, hier wurde Mehl zur Stabilität der Quarkmasse gebraucht. Hat super geklappt.

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Reply from Eichenhain.com:
Oh, Käsekuchen mit Kochbananenmehlboden! Ich liebe Käsekuchen - hätte Ihren sehr gerne probiert. :-) Vielen Dank für die liebe Rückmeldung!
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Sehr zufrieden

Ich bin sehr zufrieden. Die Lieferung hat super geklappt und ich bin begeistert vom Bananenmehl. Ich werde sicher wieder bei Eichenhain einkaufen.

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Reply from Eichenhain.com:
Das freut uns sehr, vielen herzlichen Dank für die Rückmeldung!
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Wunderbares Kochbanenmehl

bin mit dem Produkt sehr zufrieden

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Reply from Eichenhain.com:
Das freut uns! Vielen Dank für die Bewertung!

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