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How can you recognise a good banana?

How do we select the best bananas?

As soon as the clusters arrive at the packing facility, they go through a quality check.
The flesh of the fruit is checked to make sure it has the right texture and an unflawed appearance.
One finger from each hand is cut in half to make sure that no ripe fruits are dispatched for shipping. Only if the bananas satisfy Dole’s high standards do they move on to be packed.
As part of the quality check, employees check that the bananas are the right size.
The details of the fruit are accurately recorded so we can continually improve our quality. We must satisfy all of our own guidelines and standards as well as those of our customers.
The bananas are washed in a water bath to remove the latex from the crowns. This keeps them clean and free from sticky residue: an important characteristic of Dole bananas.

How can you recognise a good banana?

The clusters or “hands” of bananas are cut from the stem, divided into smaller bunches and carefully selected. The bananas must meet strict criteria. Randomly selected fruits go through a complete quality check. Various checks are carried out on both the outside and the inside of the fruit. The bananas are then immersed in a water bath to remove the latex from the banana crowns.

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