Yellow Plantain (yellow cooking bananas / ripe vegetable bananas / Plátano Maduro)

The yellow cooking banana from Transfood GmbH is a popular and starchy basic ingredient of the tropical cuisine. Unlike green cooking banana, this is the fully ripe variant, which is characterized by a yellow shell with dark sugar spots. This ripening process gives the fruit meat a much sweeter taste and a softer consistency. Since it is raw uneatable, it unfolds its full, caramelish aroma first by cooking, baking or frying.

Sweet-Herber contrast: Possesses the perfect balance of starchy strength and natural fruit sweets.Excellent cooking properties: Caratellizes beautifully on the edges when baking or frying without completely breaking down.Curious B2B logistics: Importing through Transfood ensures that the cooking bananas arrive at the dealer in the ideal ripening phase.

Nutritional values (per 100g)Fuel value: approximately 122 kcal / 511 kJFat: approximately 0.3 g, of which saturated fatty acids: < 0.1 gCarbons: approximately 31.0 g (high amounts of starch and natural sugar)of which sugar: approximately 15.0 gProtein: approximately 1.3 gSalt: < 0.01 gVital substances: Excellent source of potassium, magnesium, vitamin A and vitamin C.

Temperature: Store at room temperature (12 °C to 15 °C) so that it does not lose its aroma. cooking bananas are extremely cold-sensitive and do not belong to the cold refrigerator.Making note: Dark spots on the shell are quite normal in the yellow variant and a sign of progressive sweetness – the fruit meat remains perfectly protected inside.Consumption: Process within 3 to 6 days depending on the desired degree of sweetness.

Plátanos Fritos / Alloco: Cut into thick slices and fried in gold-brown oil (a classic add-on snack in Latin America and Africa).Fried bananas: baked whole in the oven with shell (often filled with cheese or cinnamon).Pots & soups: As a slightly sweetening insert in hearty Caribbean or African dishes.Add-on: Steamed or purified as an add-on to fish, rice and meat dishes.

100% fresh yellow bananas.

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