...Reference: Bananas: Health Benefits, Risks & Nutrition Facts By Jessie Szalay, Live Science Contributor | April 22, 2014 02:30am ET 108 32 2061 Submit 13 Reddit | Credit: Maks Narodenko | ShutterstockView full size image | Bananas are among the most widely consumed fruits on the planet. In the United States, people eat more bananas than apples and oranges combined. The curvy yellow fruits are packed with nutrients and are especially high in potassium, fiber, magnesium, and vitamins C and B6. Eating bananas can help with battling depression, keeping bowel movements regular, improving heartburn, and lowering the risks of kidney cancers, diabetes, osteoporosis, blindness and other conditions. Here are the nutrition facts for bananas, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which regulates food labeling through the National Labeling and Education Act: Nutrition FactsServing size: 1 medium banana (4.5 oz / 126 g)Calories 110 Calories from Fat 0*Percent Daily Values (%DV) are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. | Amt per Serving | %DV* | | Amt per Serving | %DV* | | | Total Fat 0g | 0% | | Total Carbohydrate 30g | 10% | | | Cholesterol 0mg | 0% | | Dietary Fiber 3g | 12% | | | Sodium 0mg | 0% | | Sugars 19g | | | | Potassium 450mg | 13% | | Protein 1g | | | | Vitamin A | 2% | | Calcium | 0% | | | Vitamin C | 15% | | Iron | 2% | | Health benefits Bananas are good for your heart. They...
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... J. 1987. Banana. p. 29–46. In: Fruits of warm climates. Julia F. Morton, Miami, FL. Banana Musa x paridasiaca Description Origin and Distribution Varieties Climate Soil Propagation Culture Harvesting Yield Handling and Packing Controlled Ripening and Storage Pests Diseases Food Uses Animal Feed Other Uses Folklore The word "banana" is a general term embracing a number of species or hybrids in the genus Musa of the family Musaceae. Some species such as M. Basjoo Sieb. & Zucc. of Japan and M. ornata Roxb., native from Pakistan to Burma, are grown only as ornamental plants or for fiber. M. textilis Nee of the Philippines is grown only for its fiber, prized for strong ropes and also for tissue-thin tea bags. The so-called Abyssinian banana, Ensete ventricosum Cheesman, formerly E. edule Horan, Musa ensete Gmel., is cultivated in Ethiopia for fiber and for the staple foods derived from the young shoot, the base of the stem, and the corm. Most edible-fruited bananas, usually seedless, belong to the species M. acuminata Colla (M. cavendishii Lamb. ex Paxt., M. chinensis Sweet, M. nana Auth. NOT Lour., M. zebrina Van Houtee ex Planch.), or to the hybrid M. X paradisiaca L. (M. X sapientum L.; M. acumianta X M. balbisiana Colla). M. balbisiana Colla of southern Asia and the East Indies, bears a seedy fruit but the plant is valued for its disease-resistance and therefore plays an important role as a ";parent"; in the breeding of edible bananas. M. fehi...
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...Herreria-Ilustre Project Adviser The research plan must include the following: A) Problem/s: 1. General Objective: The study aims to neutralize weak and strong acidic solutions using mixture of ashes of banana leaves, banana peelings and potato peelings. 2. Specific Objectives: a. What is the pH of the weak and strong acidic solutions after incorporating mixture of ashes of banana leaves, banana peelings and potato peelings? b. Which of the following mixture of different amounts of ashes of banana leaves, banana peelings and potato peelings will best neutralize the pH of the acidic solutions? c. How long will the neutralization take effect on the pH of the acidic solutions once the mixture of ashes of banana leaves, banana peelings and potato peelings is incorporated to the solutions? B) Hypothesis/Objectives: 1. The neutralization of pH of acidic solutions using mixture of different amounts of ashes of banana leaves, banana peelings and potato peelings will significantly differ. 2. The neutralization of pH of acidic solutions using mixture of different amounts of ashes of banana leaves, banana peelings and potato peelings will not significantly differ. C) Methods/ Procedure (Describe in Detail): 1. Materials/ Equipments: The...
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...britain ’s bruisin g banana wars Why ch threat eap bananas Policy en farmers’ report future s A Fairtrade Foundation Report February 2014 When I sell a box of bananas it’s a product with quality, with incredible taste, so it should be fair that you pay a fair price for it. Horatio Hernandez Coobafrio Co-operative, Magdalena, Colombia January 2014 contents 1 Introduction 4 2 6 Executive Summary Britain’s Bruising Banana Wars 16 16 20 21 4 The banana value chain 4.1 The UK banana market 4.2 The retail price of bananas in Britain 4.3 UK banana imports 2002 – 2013 4.4 Changes in banana supply chain operations 4.5 The impact of supermarket price wars on producers 4.6 Producer prices vs costs of sustainable production 22 22 23 5 The market environment for bananas 5.1 Evolution of the global banana trade 5.2 Consolidation of retailer power and UK price wars 5.3 The impact of competition law on banana prices 38 6 Fairtrade’s alternative approach 6.1 General background to the Fairtrade system 6.2 Fairtrade bananas – scope and scale 6.3 airtrade: the benefits and F constraints for farmers and workers 2 3 About this report 3.1 Fairtrade’s involvement in bananas 3.2 Research objectives and approach 3.3 Methodological note 7 Achieving a sustainable banana industry 7.1 inclusive market An ...
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...Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Columbia Blood Bananas: Chiquita In Columbia is a difficult case that touches on fundamental questions of ethics and morality while operating a business abroad. It is a case that depicts the challenges faced by a company trying to maintain production and protect its employees while navigating between two very different cultures in a hostile situation. the lines of the ethics and morality are not as straight forward as they seem on the surface, and Chiquita’s management struggles to make decisions that will transcend both cultures’ view of right versus wrong. was one of the largest and growing fruit company in America who faced a dramatic problem in the 90’s with the AUC, a Colombian paramilitary organization that promoted violence act and considered to be terrorist, what happened was they inquired the fruit company to pay them specific amount of money monthly that was required for their security services as they claimed! The situation was straightforward, either Chiquita pays for the terrorist Chiquita Brands International and its leaders learned a very hard lesson about paying off terrorist groups to protect their employees. Over the past 25 years, no place has been more perilous for companies than Colombia, a country that is finally beginning to emerge from the effects of civil war and narco-terrorism. In 2004, Chiquita voluntarily revealed to the U.S. Justice Department that one of its Colombian banana subsidiaries had made protection payments...
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...Banana Peel as Floorwax In: Science Banana Peel as Floorwax ------------------------------------------------- `1 Science Investigatory Project Banana Peel Wax (Grade 10-Odyssey) Table of Contents Abstract Hypothesis Terminologies Methodology Results Conclusion I. Abstract Aim to find some alternative floor wax that can surely beat commercial ones. Banana or banana peel to be more specific is high in potassium that is commonly used ingredient in shoe polish and another, banana peel is known for its slippery effect that when both idea is combined, we can make an alternative floor wax. To recycle waste materials such as candles and banana peel into useful ones. II. Hypothesis * To know if banana peel is good to be as an alternative as a floor wax. * To conclude that banana peel is not capable to be an alternative as a floor wax. III. Terminologies Banana – (Musa paradisiaca) is an edible fruit. Peel – rind or skin Floor wax – used to polish and preserve the finish of floors. IV. Methodology *We will need the following materials before starting: * Banana peel * Used candles * Can * Kerosene * molder 1) Melt used candles in a can. 2) Add kerosene to maintain/achieve our wax consistency to prevent it to be as hard as a candle. 3) Put the banana peel into boil for 5-15 minutes. 4) Remove the banana peel 5) Pour the wax into the molder and let it cool. V. Results When applied into floors, it leaves...
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...TB0245 Andreas Schotter Mary Teagarden Blood Bananas: Chiquita in Colombia No one laughs at the banana in its areas of origin. It is too serious a business, on which jobs and lives depend. Peter Chapman, Author of Jungle Capitalists. For Chiquita Brands International, a pioneer in the globalization of the banana industry, bananas are not only serious business, they represent an array of economic, social, environmental, political, and legal hassles. Since its founding more than a hundred years ago as United Fruit Company, Chiquita has been involved in paying bribes to Latin American government officials in exchange for preferential treatment, encouraging or supporting U.S. coups against smaller nations, putting in place dictatorships in Central America’s “banana republics,” exploiting local workers, creating an abusive monopoly, and now doing business with terrorists.1 For American multinationals, the rewards of doing business abroad are enormous, but so are the risks. Over the past decades, no place has been more hazardous than Colombia, a country that is just emerging from a deadly civil war and the effects of wide-ranging narco-terrorism. Chiquita found out the hard way. It made tens of millions in profit growing bananas in Colombia, only to emerge with its reputation splattered in blood.2 In 2004, Chiquita voluntarily admitted criminal responsibility to the U.S. Justice Department that one of its Colombian banana subsidiaries had made protection payments from 1997...
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...I. Time Context – 1997 II. Point of View – Fernando Aguirre, CEO III. Statement of the Problem Symptom: Chiquita Brands International was forced to make protection payments to paramilitary groups in Colombia to keep their workers safe from the group’s violence, which later were found illegal under U.S law. Problem: Chiquita workers are saved but the rest of the country is endangered. IV. Objectives 1. To rebuild the company’s image 2. To protect their employee’s lives and at the same time, to not harm the citizens of Colombia by providing funds for terrorism acts V. Areas of Consideration VI. Outline Alternative Courses of Action (ACA) * Exit the country and relocate their operations from Colombia to a nearby country with similar weather but less of a terrorism ridden culture. * Stay in Latin America but fix their public image through sustainable employment and environmental practices in order rebuild a positive image of the brand. * Draw out from Latin America and increase their market share by focusing in other products. VII. Recommendation Since they’ve already sold their Colombian farms, I think it’s time for them to leave Colombia and rebuild their business in another country that is free from terrorism acts that also offer similar weather conditions as Colombia. They should now pay attention on its Marketing Campaign in order to rebuild a positive image of the brand; Focusing on ethical treatment of workers, sustainable environmental...
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...the Study Bananas are among the most widely consumed fruits on the planet and, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Americans' favorite fresh fruit. The curvy yellow fruits are high in "potassium and pectin, a form of fiber," said Laura Flores, a San Diego-based nutritionist. They can also be a good way to get magnesium and vitamins C and B6. "Bananas are high in antioxidants, which can provide protection from free radicals, which we come into contact with every day, from the sunlight to the lotion you put on your skin," Flores added. Hawaii is the only place in the U.S. where bananas are grown commercially, although at one time they were also grown in southern California and Florida. The overwhelming majority of the bananas Americans eat come from countries in Latin America and South America, including Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Honduras, Panama, and Guatemala. Bananas were first found in New Guinea and spread throughout the Philippines nearly 4,000 years ago, and from their diversified around the world. They became a popular item in India, Indonesia, Australia, and Malaysia and were even used to make clothes and other fabrics in Japan. It wasn’t until they hit colonial plantations in America that they were used for inter cropping plants such as coffee, cacao, and pepper plantations. Their leaves provided the perfect shade for the more valuable plants, which was only the beginning of their endless environmental uses and health benefits. Bananas are rich in...
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...Banana Pudding Process Speech I. Think about your favorite desert. The fresh aroma that fills the air when it is out of the oven. That one dessert that makes you lick your lips when thinking about it. II. That desert for me would be my Aunts banana pudding. III. She taught me how to make this banana pudding when I was just thirteen years old ever since then this has been my favorite desert. Whether it’s a holiday a weekend or even a week day banana pudding is delicious any day. IV. There is a process you will need to follow if you have these ingredients, follow these steps, and bake and serve like I will tell you about you will be able to enjoy a simple, inexpensive, and delicious desert. I. The ingredients you will need to make a banana pudding are as follows. 2. One box of vanilla wafers. 3. On a regular pan of banana pudding you will use three to four bananas. 4. One can of sweetened condensed milk 5. At least three eggs you will only use the egg whites. 6. A tea spoon of vanilla flavor 7. And just a pinch of sugar. II. Next, the steps to make this banana pudding are as follows. 1. Get your clean pan, bananas, and cookies together on the table. 2. Put a layer of cookies upside down in the pan, peel and slice the bananas to your thickness. 3. Put down a layer of bananas in between each cookie or where you see a gap. Continue these steps until you are at your final layer. 4. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and turn the...
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...Blood Bananas Case Introduction Chiquita Brands International is a successful company with a long history that began in 1899 as the United Fruit Company. The company has endured over time through changes in leadership, acquisitions, and process changes to become one of “the big three” banana distributors in the world. While they have become successful; their past has been tarnished by paying bribes to government officials, supporting U.S. coups against smaller nations and exploiting local workers. The company that originally revolutionized the banana trade by using refrigerated ships was now faced with the decision of whether to continue to pay a terrorist organization in Colombia, South America to ensure the safety of their employees, stop payment and face the consequences or sell the business and exit the country. Background The issue at hand is partly the result of the industry itself. Bananas grow best in tropical regions, such as the Caribbean, Central America, Asia and Africa. They are critical cash crop for many of the lesser-developed countries. The banana producing country in question here is Colombia, South America which has a population of over 45M people, the second largest in South America. It has the 4th largest economy in Latin America although the income inequality is prevalent due to very uneven wealth distribution. It is in this environment that paramilitary organizations such as the AUC thrive. According to Fernando Aguirre, a former Chiquita...
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...BANANA FIBRE EXTRACTION AND WEAVING INTRODUCTION Banana fibre is eco friendly like jute fibre. The technology of banana fibre extraction has been developed in South India where in a good number of banana fibre extraction units have been running very successfully. Some firms are exporting the banana fibre products. Banana growing states of N.E.Region has adopted the technology from South and started production of banana fibre and fabric. MARKET POTENTIAL The banana fibre is being used for weaving attractive pieces of clothes, rugs, sarees etc. Besides, it is also being used to produce a variety of items such as hats, photo frames, trinket boxes, gift bags, picture frames, hand bags, belts, baskets and sandals etc. Dresses woven out of natural fibres are in great demand inside and outside India. PLANT CAPACITY Capacity utilization Average daily production envisaged Working days/year Annual production Door Mat Floor covering Screen Durry : 70% : 10 Kg cloth. : 25 days in a month and 300 days in a year. : : 1000 Nos. : 1000 Nos. : 1600 Mt. : 1500 Nos. RAW MATERIALS The main raw material for the unit is banana tree which is abundantly available in the State of Meghalaya, Mizoram, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam. 1. 2. Cost of Banana Stem Misc. items : : 1.40 lakhs 0.20 lakhs Total : 1.60 lakhs. SUGGESTED LOCATION : Banana growing areas in Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram and Arunachal Pradesh. PROCESS Banana Fibre Processing and Weaving : The extraction of the natural fibre from the plant...
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...Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Economics, Finance and Politics Department of Banking and Finance Sta. Mesa, Manila PAPELRIFIC “Your Paper is Terrific” BUSINESS PROPOSAL A. THE COMPANY 1. Name of the Company PAPELRIFIC - “Your Paper is Terrific” The name of the company emerged from the creative minds of the group members. Indeed, the company name, Papelrific, satisfies its product since we produce special papers, bookmarks and stationery made from an ecofriendly source which is the banana. We could proudly say that “your paper is terrific”. Logo of the Business The logo represents the opportunity of this paper business to enter and embrace the new chapter of its life. The letter “P” at the center symbolizes that we could be the center of this business and many could be inspired to us. The colors represent the colorful experience of the group by doing the project. It also represents the colorful love that he group wants to give to Mother Earth. 2. MISSION STATEMENT * We are committed to develop and provide an Earth friendly and state of the art paper stationery. * We are committed to have a good relationship with our customers and continually innovate to provide high quality of products. * We are committed to provide alternative papers for students and individuals who are concerned with the environment. 3. BACKGROUND AND HISTORY OF THE COMPANY A typical office worker uses about 50 sheets of paper a day, which...
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...International business is wrought with ethical issues. The Chiquita Banana documentary, “The Price of Bananas,” made this point ever more apparent. I fully believe, as stated in the documentary that Chiquita Bananas was complicit and was willing to accept death to keep the banana operation running. Anyone involved in this decision should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. My first thoughts about this situation and putting myself in the position of Chiquita CEO, I would utilize the Weber model of organizational ethics and/or the Army-Baylor 7 step method for decision making. The first question or principle in the Weber method is the organizational interests take precedence over individual self-interest. I would say the CEO rationalized his decision and thought he was doing this. And given the situation, I do not necessarily think the CEO was making a decision to pay the AUC in a motivation of self-interest. The second principle is individual rights take precedence over organizational interests. This can get a little sticky given Chiquita decided to pay para-military troops millions of dollars. If individual rights were of great concern to the CEO, he probably should have made sure his workers and the working conditions were safe, secure, and healthy. Instead, farming bananas in Columbia is one of the most profitable means because of low income earning. The third principle is community good takes precedence over organizational interests. If the...
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...THE EFFECTIVENESS BANANA (MUSA X PARADISIACA) PEELS USED AS FERTILIZER APPLIED IN DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLANTS SAMPLES RESEARCHER: BERLENE GAIL H. LAMA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Background of the study A banana peel, known as a banana skin in British English, is the outer covering of the banana fruit. As bananas, whether eaten raw or cooked, are a popular fruit consumed worldwide, with yearly production over 145 million tonnes in 2011, there is a significant amount of banana peel waste being generated as well. Banana peels are used as feedstock as they have some nutritional value. Banana peels are widely used for that purpose on small farms in regions where bananas are grown. There are some concerns over the impact of tannins contained in the peels on animals that consume them.[3][4] Banana peels are used as feedstock for cattle, goats, pigs, poultry, rabbits, fish and several other species. The specific nutrition contained in peel depends on the stage of maturity and the cultivar; for example plantain peels contain less fibre than dessert banana peels, and lignin content increases with ripening (from 7 to 15% dry matter). On average, banana peels contain 6-9% dry matter of protein and 20-30% fibre (measured as NDF). Green plantain peels contain 40% starch that is transformed into sugars after ripening. Green banana peels contain much less starch (about 15%) when green while ripe banana peels contain up to 30% free sugars. Banana peels are also used for water purification...
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