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TIL that the reason today's artificial banana flavoring for candy tastes so differently than an actual banana is because it is based on the Gros Michel Banana, which was nearly wiped out in the 50's due to a fungus. The bananas we eat today are from the Cavendish family. 6,196
/r/todayilearned, 2015-12-16, 13:14:39
TIL that the reason today's artificial banana flavoring for candy tastes so differently than an actual banana is because it is based on the Gros Michel Banana, which was nearly wiped out in the 50's due to a fungus. The bananas we eat today are from the Cavendish family. 5,862
/r/todayilearned, 2014-10-14, 18:46:30
When the world changed from the Gros Michel to the Cavendish Banana in the 1960s, how did the public react to the smaller and less tasty new fruits? 2,444
/r/askhistorians, 2019-10-31, 13:11:32
TIL the urban legend that artificial banana flavor "tastes fake" because it's based on the Gros Michel banana is untrue 252

/r/todayilearned, 2016-05-01, 23:20:39
If Cavendish bananas were targeted by a disease not unlike the Gros Michel bananas, what would be the next species in line to replace the Cavendish? 228

/r/askscience, 2013-11-30, 16:15:35
RIP Gros Michel Bananas 134
/r/195, 2020-09-02, 15:20:23
Réhabilitation du professeur Joyeux : le gros coup de gueule de Michel Cymes 130
/r/france, 2018-06-29, 05:24:30
Gros Michel RIP 123
/r/banana, 2020-09-02, 15:19:07
TIL the bananas sold in stores today are different than the variety sold in the 1950s. Gros Michel bananas were the dominant export to Europe and North America until the species was decimated by disease. Since then, exporters began growing bananas belonging to the similar-tasting Cavendish subgroup. 88
/r/todayilearned, 2019-07-12, 16:10:06
TIL that artificial banana flavoring is NOT based on the Gros Michel variety of banana, but is primarily derived from isoamyl acetate, the "banana ester". 73
/r/todayilearned, 2019-12-09, 05:10:07
TIL that Gros Michel bananas were common in grocery stores until the 1950's when Panama disease wiped out much of the crops. They were replaced by the modern banana of the Cavendish variety. 63
/r/todayilearned, 2019-02-28, 18:32:05
Cavendish bananas are clones. Their lack of genetic variation makes them vulnerable to diseases - in the 1950’s, a fungal disease wiped out a similar clone cultivar, the Gros Michel, which the Cavendish replaced. Experts estimate that the Cavendish could be replaced within the next 30 years. 59
/r/interestingasfuck, 2021-01-06, 00:31:29
TIL that every (grocery) banana is a clone. They were originally cloned from the source banana sometime around the 1950s when the Gros Michel went extinct. Now, due to extensive cloning, the bananas that we know today (cavendish) have become more vulnerable and are at risk of going extinct. 57
/r/todayilearned, 2020-12-29, 17:49:43
TIL That Cavendish bananas, the ones we all know today(which replaced Gros Michel bananas in the 60s), may soon become extinct and we'll have a new type of banana as a standard in the future 44
/r/todayilearned, 2013-06-13, 07:02:17
TIL that the bananas we eat aren't the ones our grandparents ate, the Gros Michel. Those ones were wiped out by a fungus in 1960 and a new strain of that same fungus is threatening the bananas that we eat today, the Cavendish. 39
/r/todayilearned, 2015-06-02, 02:19:30
TIL there is a rare banana variety called 'Gros Michel' that tastes like artificial banana flavoring. 30
/r/todayilearned, 2018-02-08, 15:31:18
Is there anywhere in the Twin Cities that sells Gros Michel bananas? 30

/r/twincities, 2023-02-18, 04:08:05
fun fact: banana laffy taffy’s are actually based on the original banana taste! The Gros Michel sadly went extinct but that’s what the “banana flavor” we have now is based on. In short, Wade is valid for his laffy taffy choice 28
/r/distractible, 2022-10-31, 23:01:50
TIL that the reason artificial banana flavoring doesn't taste like bananas is because the flavoring is that of the Gros Michel banana, which is now nearly extinct. 28
/r/todayilearned, 2016-02-16, 18:36:16
Has anyone already ate Gros Michel banana? How is it compared to Cavendish? 28

/r/fruit, 2023-05-01, 10:58:43
Does anyone know if I can buy Gros Michel bananas anywhere in Sydney? 26

/r/sydney, 2017-07-18, 08:53:10
Gros Michel 24
/r/sgu, 2019-07-30, 17:26:56
Does anyone know if there are any ethnic grocers or niche supermarkets, preferably in SF but anywhere in the Bay Area, that currently stock the Gros Michel cultivar of bananas? 19
/r/asksf, 2022-01-14, 04:39:36
Aside from the Gros Michel banana and the American chestnut, what other food producing plants have been destroyed by plague? 17
/r/answers, 2017-01-18, 07:04:54
2019 Domaine Michel Gros, Les Chaliots, Nuits Saint Georges 17
/r/wine, 2023-01-01, 03:36:30
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