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Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I would love to try two different bananas I have only ever read about:

The one that supposedly tastes like vanilla pudding
The one that no longer exists where banana flavoured candy derives its flavor from.

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AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The one that no longer exists where banana flavoured candy derives its flavor from.

That’s actually a myth. See Wikipedia.

The Gros Michel has a higher concentration of isoamyl acetate, the ester commonly used for “banana” food flavoring, than the Cavendish.[12] This higher concentration is responsible for the myth that banana flavoring was based on the Gros Michel, but artificial banana flavor was not based on any specific cultivar.

Here’s a longer piece on just that subject.

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