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What Color Should Your Bananas Be For The Most Nutritious Bite? By Laura Christine Allan Oct. 29, 2025 12:00 pm EST
Bananas are a sweet, soft, and often divisive health food. They can be used in smoothies, added as a topping for breakfasts, or eaten on their own for a quick energy-boosting bite. One of the mistakes that people make with bananas is not selecting ones that give them the nutritional value they want. However, it can be hard to know which ones are best. Luckily, the color of the peel can tell you a lot about the vitamins and minerals contained inside. So, what color banana is the most nutritionally rich? The answer is a resounding ... it depends.
The fact of the matter is that bananas go through a lot of changes as they ripen, and so does their

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