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Entrance façade of the old United Fruit Building at 321 St. Charles Avenue, New Orleans, Louisiana. The United Fruit Company (later the United Brands Company) was an American multinational corporation that traded in tropical fruit (primarily bananas) grown on Latin American plantations and sold in the United States and Europe.
Chiquita Brands International S.à.r.l. ( / tʃɪˈkiːtə / ), formerly known as United Fruit Co., is a Swiss-domiciled American producer and distributor of bananas and other produce. The company operates under subsidiary brand names, including the flagship Chiquita brand and Fresh Express salads. Chiquita is the leading distributor of bananas ...
With distinctive all-yellow aircraft, the company slogan was Top Banana in the West; [3] [4] [5] Hughes Airwest was purchased by Republic Airlines in 1980, which in turn was merged into Northwest Airlines in 1986. Northwest Airlines was then merged into Delta Air Lines in 2010. [1] [6]
Food. A banana is an elongated, edible fruit – botanically a berry [ 1] – produced by several kinds of large herbaceous flowering plants in the genus Musa. In some countries, cooking bananas are called plantains, distinguishing them from dessert bananas. The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved ...
Cavendish bananas accounted for 47% of global banana production between 1998 and 2000, and the vast majority of bananas entering international trade. [1] The fruits of the Cavendish bananas are eaten raw, used in baking, fruit salads, and to complement foods. The outer skin is partially green when bananas are sold in food markets, and turns ...
Banana cue – Banana dish from Philippines. Banana flour – Flour traditionally made of green bananas. Banana fritter – Deep-fried battered banana or plantains. Banana ketchup – Sauce made from bananas. Banana pancakes – Thin, round cake made of eggs, milk and flour. Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets.
Turbana, a grower-owned banana and plantain company, is the fourth largest importer of bananas in North America, and was the first importer of fair trade-certified bananas in the continent. [7] [1] Turbana's parent company, Uniban , is the largest producer of fairtrade bananas in the world. [2]
Banana ketchup. Banana ketchup, also known as banana sauce (in export markets), is a Philippine fruit ketchup condiment made from banana, sugar, vinegar, and spices. Its natural color is brownish-yellow but it is often dyed red to resemble tomato ketchup. Banana ketchup was first produced in the Philippines during World War II due to a wartime ...