Fruit
Whole
Whole banana means intact fingers or hands left unpeeled for ripening, transport, and sale. This is the only practical storage form—once peeled, flesh deteriorates fast. Keep cool but not refrigerated when still green if you need ripening; chill only to hold already-ripe fruit briefly. Buy by ripeness stage for the week’s cooking. Separate very ripe fingers to slow the rest. Whole fruit is not cooked in the peel as often as baked apples, though campfire and recipe exceptions exist.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.31 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 5.11 mg
- Salt 0.01 g
- Total Carbohydrate 13.6 g
- Dietary Fibre 1.97 g
- Total Sugars 10.4 g
- Complex / starch 0.95 g
- Protein 0.81 g
- Water 88.3 g
- Energy 51.8 kcal
- Water 88.3 g
- Carbohydrates 13.6 g
- Protein 0.81 g
- Fat 0.31 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.1 g
- Omega-3 0.01 g
- Vitamins 40.4 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.03 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.04 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.43 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.21 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.43 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.1 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 15.7 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.31 mg
- Vitamin K 5.1 µg
- Minerals 295 mg
- Major Minerals 293 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: 0.04 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.43 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.21 · vitamin-b6: 0.43 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.1 · vitamin-b9-folate: 15.7 · vitamin-e: 0.31 · vitamin-k: 5.1 ·
Minerals
Whole form averages edible parts as typically consumed.
History
Whole banana hands and later clustered retail units defined tropical fruit shipping.
Ripening rooms staged whole fruit for supermarkets on timed schedules.