If i go into a supermarket and look for banana's i can buy them loose and pay the top price for them. or i can buy a bag of low cost ones.. for a pound... containing about 8 banana's what is the difference ??? is the quality !!!!!!

Are you sure the loose ones are not fair trade and the packaged ones not ?

How much are you paying Zoe? The bags for a £1 weigh 1kg in my local supermarket. The loose bananas are 85p per kilogram, so 15p cheaper.

the bags of supermarket savers bananas are all 1 pound a bag. mainly tesco's name on the bag..ones..
the loose ones are weighed and priced... but the bags ones seem to go brown quicker. and have less taste..

If you shop at Sainsbury's all their bananas are Fairtrade including their Basics ones.

yes but what is the difference between the bananas???????

I used to work in a banana ripening and distribution depot.

Some supermarkets had specific size and quality requirements but generally loose and packed bananas were the same. The best quality ones usually came from South America and next best from The Carribean. The ones from Africa, usually Cameroon sometimes varied in quality but really it was hard to tell the difference most of the time.

Personally I would choose Brazillian bananas when available.