Ingredient Index — World Ingredient Index

Fruit

Banana fruit is the whole hand or finger as harvested—peel on, flesh inside—ripening from green starch to yellow sweetness (and brown-spotted peak aroma). Cavendish dominates export; local varieties differ in length, acidity, and cooking use. Fruit is sold green for ripening rooms or already yellow for immediate eating. Stage ripeness to use: green for frying and boiling, spotted for baking and smoothies, yellow for fresh eating. Ethylene from ripe fruit ripens neighbours—use or separate deliberately.

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Quantity

Unit

Kg Liters Whole

Note

Cuts & parts

Halved Fruit

Whole Fruit

Characteristics

Preparations

Baked When SpottyGreen CookingRipe FreshRipened

Traits

AromaticCreamy When RipeMildPeel OnRipens Off PlantStarch To SugarSweetWhole Finger Or Hand

Nutrition

Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.

Nutrition Facts

Per 100 g edible portion

Calories 53.7

Amount per 100 g

Total Fat 0.28 g
Saturated Fat 0.05 g
Trans Fat 0 g
Monounsaturated Fat 0.09 g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Sodium 4.89 mg
Salt 0.01 g
Total Carbohydrate 12.7 g
Dietary Fibre 1.98 g
Total Sugars 10.6 g
Complex / starch 0.98 g
Protein 0.79 g
Water 87.5 g

Detailed nutrients

Energy 53.7 kcal
Water 87.5 g
Carbohydrates 12.7 g
- Sugars 10.6 g
- Starch 0.98 g
- Fibre 1.98 g
Protein 0.79 g
Fat 0.28 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.09 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
  - Omega-3 0.01 g
Vitamins 42.4 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.33 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.24 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.47 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.2 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 17.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.34 mg
- Vitamin K 5.6 µg
Minerals 262 mg
- Major Minerals 261 mg
  - Calcium 38 mg
  - Sodium 4.89 mg
  - Potassium 218 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
  - Iron 1.5 mg
Salt 0.01 g

Vitamins

vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.03 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.03 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.33 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.24 · vitamin-b6: 0.47 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.2 · vitamin-b9-folate: 17.2 · vitamin-e: 0.34 · vitamin-k: 5.6 ·

Minerals

Sodium: 4.89 · Potassium: 218 · Calcium: 38 · Iron: 1.5 ·

Fruit of Banana: composition reflects this culinary part relative to the whole ingredient.

History

5000 BCEPG

Domesticated banana fruit spread with Pacific and Asian agriculture.

1900

Export banana fruit in bunches and later boxes defined global tropical trade.