40% thrown away does not necessarily imply all others are better.
Normally imperfect produce goes to processing plants (juice, cans, pies etc.) but I’m not sure if there’s any significant market for banana chunks/puree.
They figured out ways to cram all the subsidized surplus soy and almonds nobody wants into every conceivable product, they could certainly manage to do so with ugly bananas.
Our local popular brand of fish sticks has banana puree as an ingredient. It’s not noticeable at all, at most it changes the texture of the batter a little.
40% thrown away does not necessarily imply all others are better.
Normally imperfect produce goes to processing plants (juice, cans, pies etc.) but I’m not sure if there’s any significant market for banana chunks/puree.
There are some frozen fruit mixes that use banana chunks. Also some that use frozen puree in pre-measured shapes.
Animal feed as well.
They figured out ways to cram all the subsidized surplus soy and almonds nobody wants into every conceivable product, they could certainly manage to do so with ugly bananas.
Our local popular brand of fish sticks has banana puree as an ingredient. It’s not noticeable at all, at most it changes the texture of the batter a little.
There’s a difference between a market and a significant market.
baby food maybe?