Comment on Banana

• AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ 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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