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Abstract: Background: - Annual production of banana in the fiscal year 2020 was approx. 14.2 million tons in India. Banana fruits have 35-40% of peel waste. From an environmental point of view, it is vital that plant byproducts produced by the food industry be reused. One of the best ways to reuse the peel waste is to extract the valuable bio-nutrient from the banana peels. One such bio nutrient is pectin. Since, banana peels have 20.28g pectin/100g of dry matter. Objective: - 1) Study the various methods available for extraction of pectin from banana peels and their yield comparison. Conclusion: - Methods compared in this study is 1) solvent extraction 2) microwave-assisted extraction 3) ultrasound-assisted extraction 4) enzymatic extraction. All methods have successfully extracted pectin. The hot acid method has given the maximum yield. kepok banana peel has shown great potential for use in the food industry. Thus, on further purification and optimization banana peel extracted pectin can be used in the food industry