Bananas

Bananas

• The most popular tropical fruit in Europe
• Sweet, highly nutritious and healthy
• Basic diet in many tropical countries
• Perfect for eating out of hand, out of home
• Ideal as baby’s first food

Bananas turn from green to yellow as they ripen. But they quickly become over-ripe, especially in heat. 

The Banana fruit grow in hanging clusters, with up to 20 fruit to a tier (called a hand), and 3-20 tiers to a bunch. The total of the hanging clusters is known as a bunch, or commercially as a "banana stem", and can weigh from 30–50 kg. 

The fruit averages 125 g, of which approximately 75% is water and 25% dry matter content. Each individual fruit (known as a banana or 'finger') has a protective outer layer (a peel or skin) with a fleshy edible inner portion. 

Both skin and inner part can be eaten raw or cooked.