The Dark Truth About Bananas

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today we're looking at why banana flavoring doesn't taste like actual bananas. gros michel bananas, cavendish bananas, seed banana, bananas......

tags: #bananas #minions

[itsgabibelle]

i like banana flavored stuff but everyone ive ever known has hated it so i thought it was a widely known thing that people hate it??? im so confused but happy i found such a large fanbase for banana flavored

[y_jimb]

When I was a kid I asked my dad about this, and he told me "they taste like bananas used to, before the Banana Wars." I thought he was just messing with me, but I was a fool for doubting a middle aged dad about military or agricultural history.

[teowtf]

Fun fact: Gabi says the word "Banana" 73 times in this video

[ChrisJamesTV]

what made gabi belle so popular was HER thick skin and ability to grow in large bunches

[robertapelin]

Fun fact: isoamyl acetate is also the pheromone bees use when they sting to signal other bees to attack. So if you're eating banana flavoured candy outside you are at a higher than zero risk of being attacked by bees

[Gabelinha]

The whole internet killing itself over cake/tattoo gate while gabi belle is talking about famous hats and banana candies.
Absolute mastermind.

[smalltime]

Banana fact: It is illegal to import bananas in Australia.
Yes, because of the Panama disease. There are multiple varieties of the Panama disease, some of which can infect Cavendish and Lady Finger varietals. In Australia, because of our hatred of foreign bananas; the spread of the sequels has been thus far fairly isolated and contained.

[isuperninja]

I was on vacation on the Canary Islands a while ago where I visited a tiny little tourist attraction which was basically a guy growing some exotic fruit in his massive garden. He also grew this thing called an apple banana. I tried it and can confirm it’s a banana that tastes 100% like apple.

[opheliabobelia]

i'll hear you out gabi but i'm secretly a fan of banana laffy taffy

[Wolf_Avatar]

I actually like artificial banana flavor. Also, I've had candy with "natural banana flavor" and it tastes pretty much the same. So I figured it was just enhancing some specific portion of the flavor.

[devons.]

GOD i love me a neatly packaged self-contained hyper-specific yt video where i learn a bunch of things then forget everything then come back a few months later and relearn it all again. then of course i forget and relearn the same information over and over again forever. i feel like gabi and drew gooden live next door in my brain when i want that sweet sweet refined video experience

[KingAurelius]

I literally told this exact same story to my mum YESTERDAY without all the minion references…

[Mumbo_Wumbo]

I love how Gabi always comes up with the most obscure topics that seem to instantly unlock a primal curiosity of needing to know these things in a very detailed manner

[JoaoVitor-gele]

Shoutout to artificial flavor scientists (i dunno if that's what they're called just making assumptions here) for tasting watermelon, a fruit that's like 90% water and being like yep, that's sour.

[elampersick]

Me being Colombian, Gabi pronouncing the words "United Fruit Company" triggered my patriotic defense system, for context search "Las Bananeras" because I would talk about this for hours.

[kittnbones]

WHAT?! I LOVE BANANA FLAVOUR!! 🍌💖
I had no idea it was even unpopular, I thought everybody hated lemon the most! 🍋

[PremiumCheeses]

I'm tired of banana-flavored slander

[nerdoftheatre]

I will not stand for this banana slander.

My friend hates banana laffy taffy and I hate grape laffy taffy. Grape is her favorite and banana is mine. So it works out in the end lol

[mcpicklebreath]

banana flavoured candy have always been my favourite! i knew vaguely that it was based on a type of bananas that we dont have anymore but this was really interesting! i actually quite dislike current real bananas flavour.

[upyg]

Fun fact - Isoamyle acetate is a byproduct of some yeast and fungus when fermenting. That is why sometimes when bread goes moldy, it starts to smell like a banana.
It is also why weiss bier also smells banany - the yeast produce it when fermenting.