Does a banana's nutritional value change as it ripens?!
Or is it always the same, no matter how ripe, or how mushy!?Www@FoodAQ@Com
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If you are talking about a banana on a tree!.!.!. I'd say that yes, nutritional value goes up as it ripens!. The plant will have time to feed more sugars into the fruit!. Just like when you cut back a grapevine to improve the flavour of the remaining, to put the plant under 'stress' and force it to take action in the form of producing tasty fruit -- thus putting it's energies into producing fruit instead of growing more shoots!.
When a banana ripens from green to yellow after being cut from the plant, the enzymes are breaking the banana down!.!.!. it is eating itself, so nutrients are being lost, but the flavour improves as sugars come to the forefront!. Well, that's my take on it, just off the top of my head!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
When a banana ripens from green to yellow after being cut from the plant, the enzymes are breaking the banana down!.!.!. it is eating itself, so nutrients are being lost, but the flavour improves as sugars come to the forefront!. Well, that's my take on it, just off the top of my head!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
"When a banana ripens, it goes from being low in GI to being moderate in GI!." *1
"The ripeness of fruit affects the GI!. As a fruit ripens, starch is changed to sugar!. The starch generally has a higher GI than does the sugar, so as ripeness progresses, the GI decreases, such as was reported for bananas!." *2
"Very ripe bananas are high in sugars!." *3
The first two sites conflict on what happens with the GI, but all agree that the carbohydrates change from starches to sugars as the banana ripens!.
With prolonged storage of any food, including bananas, vitamin C levels will go down!.
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"The ripeness of fruit affects the GI!. As a fruit ripens, starch is changed to sugar!. The starch generally has a higher GI than does the sugar, so as ripeness progresses, the GI decreases, such as was reported for bananas!." *2
"Very ripe bananas are high in sugars!." *3
The first two sites conflict on what happens with the GI, but all agree that the carbohydrates change from starches to sugars as the banana ripens!.
With prolonged storage of any food, including bananas, vitamin C levels will go down!.
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last year, i'd done an experiment on mangoes!. it seems that raw mangoes have more ascorbic acid (vitamin c) compared to those that have ripened!. so, i guess as the banana ripens, the nutritional values also change!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
it doesn't change!.!.!. until it's rotten =(
no, actually the nutritional values do change!.Www@FoodAQ@Com
no, actually the nutritional values do change!.Www@FoodAQ@Com