Star Fruit’s bananas are Australian Grown and sourced directly from growers, ensuring supply ‘all year round’.
There are several stages and much effort that go in to producing a banana ready to eat with the most important being the ‘ripening’ process. As a leading banana merchant Star Fruit ripens bananas which are received at our specialized banana ripening facilities. There, our experienced ripeners pass the quality assurance process and condition the fruit to a customers specific colour requirement.
There is no doubting the humble banana is one the most favoured fruits, not only in Australia but the world. The popularity of bananas are second to none due to their taste and high nutritional value, they provide the major vitamins thiamine, riboflavin, niacin, folate, beta-carotene and they are the best fruit source of vitamin B6. Bananas naturally are a good source of fibre and potassium while having no fat or cholesterol.
BananaPlus Power
A banana gives a sustained and substantial boost of energy - that's why they are a favourite choice for cyclists, footballers and other athletes looking for a quick source of carbohydrate. The riper a banana, the quicker it is digested and converted to muscle fuel. Athletes love to eat bananas before sport, at breaks during a tennis game, and to recover quickly from sport.
Banana Varieties
There are a vast variety of bananas worldwide with a global production of 12 million tones per annum, in gross value, bananas are the fourth most important food crop in the world behind rice, wheat and maize. It is estimated that Australian growers produce a staggering 180,000 tonnes of bananas per annum – that’s a lot of bananas!!
Cavendish
The most popular and sought after variety is Cavendish. Grown in both Tropical Far North Queensland and Northern New South Wales the Cavendish is a large banana that can be can be eaten fresh at various stages of ripeness, cooked or even eaten dried. Cavendish is the world’s best known eating banana and accounts for approximately 90% of Australia’s banana production, with more than one billion eaten each year.
Lady Fingers This sweet banana has a delicate flavour. They are ideal for fruit salads and decorating desserts, as they do not brown when cut. It is important that Lady Fingers are allowed to become fully ripe before using to enjoy their maximum flavour, as unripe Lady Fingers will taste dry and starchy. Brown flecks on the skin that has also become quite thin indicate mature ripeness and sweet flavour.
Eco An organic form of Cavendish Banana. Wax Tip Eco Bananas are grown under an ecoganicTM certified system. An ecologically sensitive farming system that produces a sweeter, creamier, healthier banana with a longer shelf life, whilst improving the environmental health of farms, the soil fertility and ultimately the surrounding ecosystem.
