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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