Have you eaten red bananas before?
By Tunde
@ogbenishyna (3040)
April 26, 2024 6:23am CST
All my life , I have only seen green and yellow banana, and when they get rotten they turn black. I have never seen a red banana in my life and I keep wondering if it is a cross-breed of some other . If you have eaten red banana before, how does it taste and in what way is it different?
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@Melanie_Marie (1807)
• New Baltimore, Michigan
26 Apr
Hey Tunde, do these red bananas seem smaller in size compared to the bananas you see in the supermarkets? Because the huge yellow/green ones you see these days have been genetically modified and are NOT the original bananas eaten hundreds of years ago. These red ones, if they’re small, might just be the originals, and naturally organic.
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@LadyDuck (459514)
• Switzerland
26 Apr
@Melanie_Marie You are correct, the red ones are smaller and they taste sweeter.
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@sabtraversa (13045)
• Italy
26 Apr
I've never seen nor eaten these bananas before, but it sounds like they taste better than green and yellow. Most bananas, if not all, are genetically modified... mostly the natural way, through centuries of breeding the desired traits. I don't know why red bananas are less common, maybe their yield is poorer, they're smaller or require more care than yellow banana plants. That's unfortunate, maybe if I had access to the red variety I'd eat more bananas.
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@sabtraversa (13045)
• Italy
26 Apr
@ogbenishyna Those who tasted red bananas say they're sweeter and come with a raspberry underflavor, so that sounds like "better" to me. Plus, they're high in sugar but also rich in vitamin C and beta-carotene, common thing in red fruits. 
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@ogbenishyna (3040)
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26 Apr
How are you sure they taste better? I do agree with you they should taste better.
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@ogbenishyna (3040)
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26 Apr
Some people here said it taste sweeter, we have to confirm that some day.
