for ripe banana, cassava, taro, yam, sweet potato and plantain chips to achieve maximum product quality and operational flexibility. The popularity of snack foods is growing fast day-by-day and potato and banana, cassava, taro, yam, sweet potato and plantain wafers have emerged as a potential snack food. A number of organized as well as unorganized groups are already there catering to the needs of tea stalls, restaurants, railway stations, tourist places etc. Still there is a huge demand to be met for these products in interior and remote places in different parts of the country.