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Why banana sweets no longer taste of bananas

Original: Why don’t banana sweets taste of bananas? Because the banana changed and the sweet didn’t. One crop, one clone, one fung

Banana-flavoured sweets are modelled on the Gros Michel variety, which was wiped out commercially in the mid-20th century by Panama disease. The Cavendish banana that replaced it tastes different, so the sweets never caught up. The story is being shared in a newsletter that also touches on market concentration, noting a handful of companies dominate popular investment trackers.

Why now: The surprising history behind the familiar artificial banana flavour is circulating again alongside commentary on concentrated markets.

Gros Michel bananaCavendish bananaPanama diseaseThe Long View

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Evidence

• Why don’t banana sweets taste of bananas? Because the banana changed and the sweet didn’t. One crop, one clone, one fungus; and seven companies that are 21% to 35% of four most-bought trackers. The Long View, Issue 16: https:// allocra.co/long-view/issue-16-… · allocra · 1

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