In a raw banana, which vitamin listed has the highest percentage of the adult daily recommended value?

While it varies according to the size of the banana, large, medium or small, a banana that is 100 g (3.5 0z) is used for this explanation. At 31%, it is vitamin B6 that has the highest percentage adult recommended daily value in a banana. Vitamin B6 refers to a group of chemically similar compounds which can be converted in the biological system. It is an essential nutrient needed by humans in their diet.

A banana is an edible fruit, botanically considered a berry. It can vary in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with a soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be different colors. The fruit grows in clusters hanging from the top of the plant.

Document evidence indicates bananas are currently grown in 135 counties in the world, primarily for their dietary value as a fruit, and to a lesser extent to make fiber, banana wine, and banana beer and as ornamental plants. The world’s largest producers of bananas in 2017 were India and China.

The word banana is thought to be of West African origin, possible form the ‘Wolof’ word ‘banaana’, and passed into English via Spanish and Portuguese. ‘Wolof ‘is a language of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania. Bananas were introduced to the Americas by Portuguese sailors who brought the fruits from West Africa in the 16th century.