The bananas in your supermarket and that you eat for breakfast are facing functional extinction due to the disease Fusarium wilt of banana (FWB), caused by a fungal pathogen called Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. cubense (Foc) tropical race 4 (TR4).
The original Gros Michel cultivar… was also supposedly tastier and better.
The banana flavoring used in candies and baked goods came from the Gros Michel, so if you like banana flavored things, but don’t like actual bananas, this is why.
The banana flavoring used in candies and baked goods came from the Gros Michel, so if you like banana flavored things, but don’t like actual bananas, this is why.