People baffled after learning why artificial bananas taste different to fresh fruit

dailyrecord.co.uk:

Ever wondered why artificial banana flavour, reminiscent of those foam banana sweets from your childhood, doesn't quite match the taste of a real banana?It appears they do - or at least, they mimic what fresh bananas used to taste like.

This intriguing topic was discussed on the podcast A Normal Meets A Nerd, hosted by The Chase's Darragh Ennis and comedian Dylan Evans, leaving listeners astounded.Liverpool-born Dylan expressed his distaste for "banana-flavour things", despite finding bananas a "lovely fruit".

However, Dubliner and quiz whizz Darragh offered a "good reason why" this is the case. He clarified: "So, the banana flavouring is what bananas used to taste like."To clear up Dylan's bewilderment, Darragh explained that almost all yellow bananas we purchase in supermarkets are of the Cavendish variety.

These bananas aren't reproduced via seeds but are clones of each other, resulting in identical taste.According to Darragh, this variety arrived in the UK in the 1950s, replacing the Gros Michel variety which was decimated by a fungal disease known as Fusarium wilt of banana, or FWB.