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[-] wolfrasin@lemmy.today 1 points 4 days ago

The lost variety is the Runts candy banana and it makes me sad that it's gross

[-] BanMe@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Well. Artificial flavoring is typically identifying 1 or 2 compounds that occur within a fruit, whereas the fruit has dozens of these compounds. Imagine what artificial apple flavoring is to green apples - that's what Runts is to the Gros banana.

You can still get the Gros in some places but it's not grown at scale, has to be isolated.

this post was submitted on 23 Oct 2025
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