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Carbohydrate Content in Bananas

The table below lists amount of carbohydrates in banana. Calorie content of bananas have also been included as most of its energy comes from carbohydrate.

>The table also lists its starch to sugar value however this ratio changes depending on the ripeness of the fruit, the starch content falls and the sugar content rises as a banana ripens.

The difference between starch and sugar is to do with length. Sugars are smaller usually one or two single or different sugar boned together to form a small molecule. Starch is a chain of sugars bonded together to form a much larger molecule.

What it means is the carbohydrates in foods with lots of single sugars are absorbed much faster than foods containing more starch.

Banana carbohydrates table: 

 
Banana Calories Carbohydrates Starch Sugars
Banana 162 39g 2.5g 35.5g
Banana flesh only 108 17.5g 1.7g 15.7g
Banana nutrients Potassium Magnesium Sodium B Vits
average size High High Low Medium
     Values for banana carbohydrates may vary between different pieces!

 

 

 

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