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Have you ever had anything Banana flavoured and wondered why it doesn't taste exactly of Bananas?

Actually they do but it is based on a different type of Banana.

When companies came up with Banan flavoured things the main cultivar at the time and the most imported and exported was a type called The Gros Michele.

But in the 1950's Panama Disease which affects Banana plants almost wiped it out and in the 1960's Banana growers took to cultivating The Cavendish Banana which we all eat today.

The Gros Michele still exists but there isn't enough to import and export around the world.

So Banana flavour is based on Bananas just a different type of Banana.