Bananas Calories
One of the most popular fruits around is the banana. It is a lovely fruit that is enjoyed by a lot of people and should in fact be one of your recommended 5 portions of fruit and vegetable a day.
The good news is that bananas calories are such that you are unlikely to bump your daily calorie count out of line.
The banana fruit is made up of carbohydrate, fat and protein but the protein and fat content are really low. In fact only 1% of the total calorie content of the fruit is from protein and the fat content is even less than 1% which means the bulk of it is made up of carbohydrate.
…and the carbohydrate in it is made up of starch and simple sugars. The green bananas calories are mainly from the complex carbohydrate which is the starch and as the banana ripens, the simple sugar component rises exponentially and the starch levels become reduced.
The dried bananas calories content (i.e the level of starch or simple sugar) will therefore depend on what ripening stage the fruit was before it was dried.
Generally speaking, this is one fruit that is fairly easy to digest and it has the inherent ability to release energy when consumed in a slow and steady format.
Information regarding bananas calories count, fat, carbs, protein is given below for the raw fruit, the mashed type and the dehydrated variety.
Bananas have very low saturated fat and cholesterol, high vitamin C and B6, high fibre content, high potassium but very low sodium levels.
Raw banana fruit
| Weight |
Fat |
Protein |
Carbs |
Calories |
| 81 gm (baby banana < 6” long) |
0.3gm |
0.98gm |
18.5gm |
72 Cal |
| 101 gm (small size 6-7” long) |
0.3gm |
1.1gm |
23.1gm |
90 Cal |
| 120 gm (medium size 7-8” long) |
0.4gm |
1.3gm |
27.4gm |
107 Cal |
| 136 gm (large size 8-9” long) |
0.4gm |
1.5gm |
31.1gm |
121 Cal |
I cup of mashed banana = 225 gm
| Fat |
0.7 gm |
| Protein |
2.5 gm |
| Carbohydrate |
51.4 gm |
| Calories |
200 cal |
Dehydrated or dried banana calories = 100 gm
| Fat |
1.8 gm |
| Protein |
3.9 gm |
| Carbohydrate |
88.3 gm |
| Calories |
346 cal |
The steady release of energy is what I like about the banana fruit and for me personally, I love to have 1 large banana fruit 1 hour before embarking on an exercise regime.
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