Mujumat@lemmy.worldM to Everything Science@lemmy.world · 1 year agoCavendish bananas face extinction and not all experts agree on how to save itwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down12
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minus-squareThe Giant Korean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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-squareArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·1 year agoGros Michel bananas just taste like Cavendish bananas, but stronger.
minus-squareThe Giant Korean@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoGreat video! Thank you.
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.