The world's favorite fruit
Bananas are the planet's most consumed fruit — 100 billion eaten every year. Fast, nutritious, and perfectly packaged by nature. Learn everything about them here.
From the supermarket staple to the starchy cooking powerhouse, the banana family is vast and delicious.
The world's most exported banana. Sweet, creamy, and perfectly curved — it's the one you know and love.
Learn more →Starchier and less sweet, plantains are a staple across Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean — best fried or baked.
Learn more →Shorter, plumper, and sweeter than Cavendish with a hint of raspberry. A rare treat worth seeking out.
Learn more →Botanically speaking, bananas qualify as berries. Strawberries, however, do not. The plant kingdom is full of surprises.
Bananas contain potassium-40, a naturally radioactive isotope. Scientists even use "banana equivalent dose" as a unit of radiation.
Humans share approximately 60% of their DNA with bananas. We're more alike than you'd ever want to admit.
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