Description: A yellow thick skinned fruit with a white interior and very small brown seeds that are edible.

Availability: Year round

Facts: Bananas are the most popular fruit in America. Americans eat 33 pounds of bananas per person a year! That equals about one banana every three days for each person in the U.S. each year.

Serving Size = 1 CUP
 
Selection: Choose fruit with slight green on stem and tip, firm without bruises. Ripens after harvest.
 
Storage: Store unripe fruit at room temperature. Store ripe fruit in refrigerator for up to two weeks; skin may turn black. 

Nutrition Benefits: Fat free; saturated fat free; sodium free; cholesterol free; good source of fiber; good source of vitamin C; good source of potassium.

Pigments: beta-carotene, alpha-carotene

Phytochemicals: kaempferol, quercetin, rutin, vanillic acid, fructooligosaccharides
 

ORAC Score: 221