They found a way to make edible peeled bananas

Is banana your favorite fruit? Did you know that a team of Japanese researchers found a way to grow fruit in which even the peel can be eaten? According to Chase Purdy of Quartz, the curious technique is to expose the plants to large variations in temperature and the idea behind the initiative is to stimulate production in Japan, where bananas are the most popular fruit among the inhabitants., but only 1% of what is marketed is produced there.

Japanese innovations

As you may know, most bananas that are produced in the world for export are grown in warm temperatures around 25 degrees Celsius throughout the year. However, this is not the case in Japan, where average summer temperatures do not usually exceed 26 ° C and fall to 5 ° C in winter.

Thus, according to Chase, researchers at a farm in the south of the country called D&T developed a type of crop consisting of exposing the plants in an environment with freezing temperatures of -60 ° C and then replanting the banana trees in a place with temperatures. just under 27 ° C.

HI Kyosyke! Have you tasted it? Mongee Banana, the most interresting thing about this banana is that you can eat the skin! I'm only grown in OKAYAMA Perfecture, and they only sell 10 bananas per week. D&T Farm in pic.twitter.com/jLKj1FCnSx

- hapa (@hapahr) January 27, 2018

What the Japanese achieve through this crazy method is that the plants go into a fast growing state. And the result is that the fruits do not produce that skin that we are used to seeing, but a thinner and softer that, in addition, has sweet taste and can be consumed along with the fruit.

And speaking of sweet taste, each unit of edible-skinned banana has almost 25 grams of sugar, which is much more than a regular banana offers, so the fruit should be consumed sparingly, especially for those with certain dietary restrictions. . But this question should not be a big problem ...

This banana is being called in Mongee in Japan and only small quantities of the fruit are currently being produced. Of course, such novelty and poor availability comes at a price that is not sweet, and each banana has been marketed for $ 6 - or the equivalent of nearly $ 19. Those who tasted the new fruit said it was quite tasty and exudes an aroma. reminiscent of pineapples, but the price is a bit prohibitive, right?

In any case, it seems that the people involved in the development of this new cultivation method are interested in increasing yields, so it is possible that the fruits will soon be sold at a bargain price - or at more affordable prices .