BANANA AND/OR PLANTAIN CAVENDISH VALERY TECHNICAL SHEET
Fruit: The Banana or Cavendish Banana (muse paradise) is a tropical fruit with thick skin, fleshy
pulp and white or slightly yellowish shade and when ripe has a mild taste and smell. It has an
oblong, elongated and somewhat curved shape.
Completely green On boarding
Light
GAUGES AND Green
SPECIFICATIONS Maturation start process
BANANA AND/OR CAVENDISH BANANA SPECIFICATION TABLE
Description
Light Green with Yellow Specification
Starches become sugar
Class "A" Premium First Class
C/U CaliberMore yellow than green 39 mm Minimum Ready- 46
formm Maximum
display
Weight per finger 160 to 180 gr
Finger Size (Length) 18 cms minimumVery good presentation at higher
Number of bunches per box 12 to 18 Units
Yellow with Green Tips temperature the fruit ripens faster
Number of fingers per box 105 - 115 fingers
Totally Yellow Good Taste
Packed in corrugated cardboard boxes with polyethylene bags and
Yellow with Brown
cardboard dividers of 20kg dots gross and net Perfect taste
of 18.5 kg, for consumption
Fresh Banana and
100% Green from Colombia - Unripe, Banana without stem. highly nutritious
QUALITY CHARACTERISTICS:
Slight scars, soft spots, healthy and robust fruits free of any disease presence. No insects,
consistency, no malformations or curvatures different from the variety, no pistils, complete
fingers, clean and free of visible agents, with intact ends, neither bent nor dry, free of fungus, free
of damage by pressure and by cold, free of odors and/or external flavors.
Storage and Refrigeration Conditions: 13ºC – 15ºC
Relative Humidity: 90 – 95%