@Mujumat@lemmy.worldM to Everything Science@lemmy.world • 2 years agoCavendish bananas face extinction and not all experts agree on how to save itwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12
arrow-up179arrow-down1external-linkCavendish bananas face extinction and not all experts agree on how to save itwww.businessinsider.com@Mujumat@lemmy.worldM to Everything Science@lemmy.world • 2 years agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squareThe Giant KoreanlinkfedilinkEnglish12•edit-22 years agoFun fact - artificial banana flavoring tastes more like the Gros Michel banana. So when you have banana flavored candy, you are tasting what a banana used to taste like back when the Gros Michel was the dominant banana variety. https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candies-taste-like-real-bananas/
minus-square@ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilink4•2 years agoGros Michel bananas just taste like Cavendish bananas, but stronger.
Fun fact - artificial banana flavoring tastes more like the Gros Michel banana. So when you have banana flavored candy, you are tasting what a banana used to taste like back when the Gros Michel was the dominant banana variety.
https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/why-dont-banana-candies-taste-like-real-bananas/
Gros Michel bananas just taste like Cavendish bananas, but stronger.
Great video! Thank you.