Bananas are a starchy tropical fruit that ripen from green and starchy to yellow and sweet. They are a useful source of potassium, vitamin B6 and quick-release carbohydrate.
Overripe bananas have almost all their starch converted to free sugars, giving a sweeter taste and faster blood sugar response; good for baking but higher glycaemic load.
Where Bananas, overripe, raw Stands Out
Macronutrients per 100g
Vitamins & Minerals
| Nutrient | Per 100g | % Daily Value* | Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| Folate | 25.0 µg | 13% | |
| Vitamin C | 9.70 mg | 12% | |
| Vitamin A (RE) | 0.830 µg | 0% | |
| Niacin (B3) | 0.570 mg | 4% | |
| Vitamin B6 | 0.234 mg | 17% | |
| Vitamin K | 0.200 µg | 0% | |
| Thiamin (B1) | 0.040 mg | 4% | |
| Riboflavin (B2) | 0.000 mg | 0% | |
| Glucose (dextrose) | 7.00 g | — | |
| Fructose | 6.70 g | — | |
| Sucrose | 2.10 g | — | |
| Beta-carotene | 10.0 µg | — | |
| Biotin (Vitamin B7) | 0.000 µg | 0% |
* % Daily Value is the proportion of an adult
EU Nutrient Reference Value (NRV) supplied by 100g of this food.
NRVs are the labelling standard — the same basis as the “%RI” figures printed on
food packaging — so these percentages are directly comparable with a shop label.
They are a single adult figure and do not vary by age or sex, which is why they
sometimes differ from UK dietary reference values: the NRV for vitamin C is 80mg
where the UK RNI is 40mg. When Nutriofia assesses your own intake in the
reports and trackers, it uses the age- and sex-specific UK values instead.
Fibre is shown without a percentage. Our fibre values use the UK
Englyst NSP method, while the published 30g daily goal is an AOAC figure — the two
are measured differently and a single percentage would mislead.
How we source and normalise our data →