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Bananas Nutritional Value And Analysis

Nutrition Facts

Serving size 100g

Amount per serving

Calories 93

% Daily Value *

Total Fat 0g %0

Saturated Fat 0g %0

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg %0

Sodium 1mg %0

Total Carbohydrate 23g %7

Dietary Fiber 3g %9

Total Sugars 12g

Protein 1g

Vitamin D 0.0IU %0

Calcium 5.0mg %0

Iron 0.3mg %1

Potassium 358mg %9

Phosphorus 22.0mg %2

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

Vitamins in bananas

Vitamin D 0.0IU %0

Vitamin B12 0.0µg %0

Vitamin K 0.5µg %0

Vitamin E 0.1mg %1

Choline, total 9.8mg %2

Vitamin A 64.0IU %2

Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 0.0mg %3

Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 0.7mg %4

Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 0.1mg %6

Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 0.3mg %7

Vitamin C 8.7mg %10

Vitamin B6 0.4mg %28

Minerals in bananas

Sodium 1.0mg %0

Calcium 5.0mg %0

Zinc 0.2mg %1

Iron 0.3mg %1

Selenium 1.0µg %2

Phosphorus 22.0mg %2

Magnesium 27.0mg %6

Copper 0.1mg %9

Potassium 358.0mg %9

Manganese 0.3mg %12

Amino Acids in bananas

Tyrosine 0.0g %1

Methionine 0.0g %1

Isoleucine 0.0g %2

Lysine 0.1g %2

Leucine 0.1g %2

Valine 0.0g %2

Threonine 0.0g %2

Cystine 0.0g %3

Tryptophan 0.0g %3

Phenylalanine 0.0g %5

Histidine 0.1g %10

Fatty Acids in bananas

DHA 0.00g %0

EPA 0.00g %0

DPA 0.00g %0

Omega-3 0.00g %0

"~" is missing data | Data Source

Macronutrients ratio

Carbohydrate Quality Score

Carbohydrates are made up of three components: fiber, starch, and sugar. Our score is based on Harvard research and our data analysis.

The Carbohydrate Quality Score of bananas is 13.0/100 which makes it a excellent quality carbohydrate food.

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Protein Completeness

A protein is called complete when, proportionally to its overall amino-acid content, it has enough of each essential amino acids.

Bananas has an incomplete source of protein.

amino acid mg/kg of BW mg/g of protein
Isoleucine 30 28
Lysine 45 50
Leucine 59 68
Valine 39 47
Threonine 23 28
Tryptophan 6 9
Histidine 15 77
Met+Cys 22 17
Phe+Tyr 30 58

Protein Energy Ratio

Improving the protein energy ratio of your diet can be an effective strategy of increasing your diet quality an may potentially lead to weight loss.

The protein energy ratio in bananas is 0.5 which makes it a low P:E food.

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Energy density (ED)

Lowering the energy density of your food can be an effective strategy for the prevention and treatment of obesity without focusing on calorie intake.

The energy density of bananas is 0.9 which makes it a low energy density food.

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How nutritious is this food?

Micronutrients in bananas as % of Recommended Daily Intake per serving.

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Nutrient Density Score for bananas is 16/100 low).

The Nutrient Density Score tells you how much of the essential minerals, vitamins, amino acids and fatty acids you get per calorie. It helps you get the nutrients you need without consuming excess energy.

nutrient density score

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Micronutrient Ratios

Advising the ratios of micronutrients in a complete diet maybe more informative than each single nutrient on its own. The table below shows major micronutrient ratios for bananas

Nutrient Ratio Value Ideal Ratio
Omega6:Omega3 N/A <4
Zinc:Copper 1.92 <12
Potassium:Sodium 358.00 >2
Caclcium:Magnesium 0.19 <2
Iron:Copper 3.85 <15
Calcium:Phosphorus 0.23 >1.3

Satiety Score

Satiety Score is a mathematical prediction of satiety based on macronutrients and micronutrients analysis of 650,000+ days of food logs.

satiety 57%

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This food is insulinogenic with high insulin load.

Our insulinogenic formula determines the degree that food will raise your insulin levels in the short term.

74% of insulinogenic calories

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