Can you tell how ripe a banana is by the actual fruit not the peel?
Hi I am doing a research project on banana ripeness and cannot find a way to tell the ripeness of a banana from the inside of it. I cannot use taste to measure the ripeness but I would really like to have a chart of some kind and if possible a url where you found the chart. Thank you!
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Ripe bananas are softer and sweeter. You can pretty easily tell how ripe a banana is simply by biting or cutting into it, or even poking it with a finger. Ripe bananas are also more prone to bruising, which is visible on the inside of the banana as well.
If you really want to try to measure, you could indeed try to measure the sugar content. As bananas ripen, they get sweeter because starch is converted into sugar, so the sugar content should indicate ripeness. You'd need a refractometer to do that, not generally an everyday household item.
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As time goes by, brown areas start to appear on the peel. While some browning is okay and acceptable flavor-wise, if the whole banana is brown, it's overripe. That's when the fruit is soft and the flesh tastes super sweet.How do you determine a ripe banana?
Unripe bananas are typically solid green when harvested, gradually turning yellow as they ripen. Brown spots begin to appear when the banana is ripe, with more of the peel turning brown as it becomes overripe.Do bananas ripen faster out of the peel?
The peel may brown but the fruit will ripen at a much slower pace and maintain its current stage of ripeness for up to one week. And don't throw out those banana peels!What does a real ripe banana look like?
Yellow with brown spots: At this point, the banana has become very ripe. There should be more yellow than brown. The fruit becomes more sweet and tender.What color is a perfectly ripe banana?
In the case of bananas, green never means "go ahead." You want your bananas perfectly ripe before you eat them, with just the right amount of natural sweetness, a bright yellow color, and a firm (but not too firm) bite.How To Ripen Bananas
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I think that the best, most accurate, measure of the ripeness of a banana is the ratio of sugar to starch.
The absolute sugar levels (ratio to mass) may be misleading, as only starch is converted to sugar, and the amount of starch is variable.
If you don't need very high accuracy, you may be able to use colour as a proxy for sugar content. The banana flesh will turn darker as it becomes sweeter. I know that hospitals use a device for checking if newborns are jaundiced. It basically measure the "yellowness" of the skin. Something like that would work well here. At the very least, a digital camera and computer will give you a decent sense of relative yellowness.
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