Verieties

	Cavendish Banana “Typical” banana found at the local grocery store or farmer’s market. They are slightly sweet and have a creamy texture. They have various stages of ripening, from green to yellow, to yellow with brown spots.
	Pisang Raja Featuring a yellow to orange color, they taste like honey-flavored custard with a smooth and creamy consistency.
	Red Banana Reddish-purple skin. They have light pink colored flesh and are much sweeter and softer than Cavendish bananas. They also have a slight raspberry flavor
	Lady Finger Banana Sweeter and smaller than Cavendish bananas. They’re usually around three inches in length and feature a creamy texture and sweet flavor with notes of honey.
	Blue Java Banana known as the ice cream banana due to their sweet vanilla flavor and extreme creaminess. They feature a beautiful blue peel and a white flesh.
	Plantain Referred to as cooking bananas. They have a high starch content and are typically used in savory dishes. They aren’t typically consumed raw.
	Manzano Banana Sweeter than Cadvendish bananas with a hint of crunchy apple-strawberry flavor. They’re short and chubby with think yellow skins that turn black when fully ripe.
	Burro Banana They have a lemony and tangy taste, which makes them one of the most unique types of bananas. The flesh is creamy white or yellow and is soft with some firmness in the center.
	Barangan Banana Yellow with small black dots, the Barangan banana has a sweet, mild taste. The flesh is white with no seeds. It’s a popular variety and is eaten as a dessert in many regions across the tropics.
	Goldfinger Banana Grown in Honduras by a team of scientists as a pest-resistant banana. It can be cooked when green and eaten raw once fully ripe. It’s similar to the Cavendish banana, with its aim to replace the more susceptible-to-disease variety.