Reasons Why Bananas Are Not Suitable for Juicing

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JAKARTA - Bananas are one of the delicious and affordable fruits, and are in demand by many people. There are various ways to consume bananas, such as eating them directly, mixing them with other foods, or making them into juice.

However, making bananas into juice is still often debated, because it is considered to reduce the nutritional content in them.

Quoted from Good Nature, on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, bananas contain many important nutrients, ranging from potassium, vitamin B6, vitamin C, magnesium, to fiber.

Bananas also contain quite high starch. This content makes bananas suitable for consumption at breakfast or as a healthy daily snack.

With these various contents, bananas are actually not recommended to be made into juice. Here are the reasons.

1. Does not contain much water

This is because bananas do not contain much water in them, only about 75 percent, while fruits or vegetables that are usually made into juice contain more than 90 percent water.

2. The starch content in it

Another reason bananas should not be made into juice is the starch content in them. Banana flesh contains 20 percent carbohydrates in the form of sugar and starch, which makes it even more difficult to juice.

If bananas are forced into juice, they will be more like potato puree than regular juice. To make banana juice like other juices, it will require a lot of water to dilute it.

3. Reduced nutrition

Mixing bananas with a lot of water to make them into juice will reduce their nutritional content.

By Therefore, it is highly recommended to eat bananas whole, to get the full nutritional content in them.