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Banana

Category:

Fruit

A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. Bananas work really well on porridge or just as they are!

Protein:

1.3 g

Carbohydrates:

27 g

Fat:

0.4 g

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Calories:

105

Vitamin C:

17%

Saturated Fat:

0.1 g

Magnesium:

Sodium:

1.2 mg

Sugar:

14 g

Calcium:

Vitamin B-6:

20%

Potassium:

422 mg

Dietary Fiber:

3.1 g

Vitamin A:

Iron:

Cobalamin:

Cholesterol:

0 mg

Vitamin D:

Nutritional Values

Facts

The type of banana you see in the supermarket is called a Cavendish banana. The preferred variety was originally the Gros Michel, which essentially became extinct by 1960, thanks to a fungus called Panama disease.
The scientific name for banana is musa sapientum, which means “fruit of the wise men.”
Bananas float in water, as do apples and watermelons.