Banana biologic. Origin Canarias. Selection by UNITS

Fruit elongated shape and green skin when ripe, it becomes golden yellow with black spots. It has a white flesh, compact and soft. The taste is soft, but sweet and pleasant, with low acidity. The banana importation is bigger and not as tasty as the canary.

Family: Tropical Fruit

Family Scientific: Musaceae

Nutritional value: 90 calories per 100 grams

Grams per serving: 150 grams (one medium piece)

Features / benefits: Bananas are a natural product of considerable nutritional value, for its wealth of water, sugars, mineral salts, organic acids, vitamins, essential and cellulose. Carbohydrates or sugars are the main source of calories in bananas . Thanks to the mineral salts that has (phosphorus, iron, magnesium, sodium, zinc, copper, etc..) Banana contributes to the remineralization of the body and helps in the regeneration of red blood cells. Bananas foster digestion by the action of two of its components: the essences and cellulose.

Season: All year round (outdoors)

Production areas: The main producing countries are India, Brazil, Philippines, Ecuador, Indonesia, China, Thailand, Burundi, Costa Rica, Tanzania and Colombia. Grown in Spain in Las Palmas and Santa Cruz de Tenerife.

Plant Name: banana

Trivia: Since the Malay Peninsula and adjacent islands still exist in the wild. It is therefore considered this area as the area of origin of this species. The water content of the banana reaches 74% of its total mass, hence feeding value in tropical countries with shortages of drinking water. Thus, in these countries, the banana, in addition to feeding, it helps to pass the thirst. For many inhabitants of tropical countries, the banana represents the same as rice Chinese or wheat for Europeans, their main food.

Preparation and consumption: In general, the banana is eaten raw, but in some countries is baked. They can be eaten fried, but doing so will lose water and vitamins. Can also be used to make smoothies, ice cream or salads. The banana combines well with milk. Provides four times more iron than this, but the milk provides two times more calcium than the banana. Because of the richness of tannin contained in this fruit, there is an excellent application of the banana as a food-drug in chronic diarrhea of children grown up. In these cases, applies banana diet consisting of eating every four hours 1 or 2 ripe bananas, well mashed and added a few drops of lemon.