Cavendish banana
Musa acuminata (AAA, Cavendish subgroup) · Tropical fruit
Top 10 pairings
The Cavendish is the standard supermarket banana of the world — the long, gently curved, bright-yellow dessert fruit that fills produce aisles on every continent. A triploid (AAA) clone of Musa acuminata, it is sweet, creamy and notably mild, with a thick, durable skin that ships and ripens reliably. It rose to dominance in the mid-20th century as the disease-resistant replacement for the older export banana, Gros Michel.
Picking a good onedrag
UnderripeOverripe
All yellowBuy itSweet but still firm, so it slices cleanly over cereal or eats well out of hand.
SkinEven yellow, green tips gone
FleshFirm with a little spring
StemCrown drying, fingers tight
SmellLight, clean banana
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What you get from one
64%
Edible part
118 g · peel off
184 g
Weight each
each one
Keeping ittap a temperature
Chilled green fruit greys and never ripens. Ripe fruit keeps 5–7 days chilled; the peel blackens.
90-95%
Humidity
Open air, unbagged
Airflow