confused about bananas

LovesDogsAndBooks
LovesDogsAndBooks Posts: 190 Member
in Food and Nutrition
I heard that ice cream made from frozen bananas has such a great mouthfeel because they contain fat. Just looked up bananas in the database and all the entries I looked at said 0 fat. An old calorie guide I have says a little over 1 gr of fat. Now, that's not the world, but either they contain fat or they don't. Any insight?

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  • Alatariel75
    Alatariel75 Posts: 18,143 Member
    They contain very, very little fat.
  • PaulaWallaDingDong
    PaulaWallaDingDong Posts: 4,641 Member
    Not enough fat to create any "mouth feel." Not enough to cause a problem if you have a medical reason to watch fats, either.
  • JeromeBarry1
    JeromeBarry1 Posts: 10,179 Member
    See how many grams of banana you have to log to get to 1 gram of fat or sodium, because 100 grams is 0 of both.
  • crackpotbaby
    crackpotbaby Posts: 1,297 Member
    The fibres in banana do get a creamy stretchy sticky icecreamy feel when they are frozen then blended.
  • Wynterbourne
    Wynterbourne Posts: 2,224 Member
    edited March 2017
    It's not because of fat it's because of their high pectin content.
  • LovesDogsAndBooks
    LovesDogsAndBooks Posts: 190 Member
    Thanks a bunch, that clears it up!
  • LovesDogsAndBooks
    LovesDogsAndBooks Posts: 190 Member
    paperpudding wrote: »
    LovesDogsAndBooks wrote: »
    Thanks a bunch

    hehehe......Not sure if you used that term on purpose but amused me ,anyway B)

    No, I didn't on purpose, didn't even notice when I wrote it. Thanks for the laugh!
  • natasor1
    natasor1 Posts: 271 Member
    U can add avocado in the mixture. The taste will be better, smoother and more nutritious

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