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IS there acidity in a banana?

Updated: 10/6/2023
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Yes, bananas are slightly acidic, but not so much as Oranges or lemons. Depending on the specific variety of banana, the acidity varies from pH = 4.5 to about pH = 5.2.

Source: FDA website. 'pH Values of Various Foods'

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Bananas contain ascorbic acid but not citric acid. Citric acid is found in citrus fruits, such as oranges, lemons, limes, grapefruits, etc. See link below for more information.

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Yes. In fact, bananas contain much more citric acid than ascorbic acid (Vitamin C). A ripe banana contains 319 mg of citric acid -- that's 29 times the amount of the ascorbic acid in the banana! But the predominant organic acid in a banana is malic acid (425 mg).

For comparison, an orange has 4 times as much citric acid as a banana, but only half the malic acid.

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the alkaline earth metals r strontium,radium,barium,magnesium,calcium, and i don't know the last one but i do agree that bananas are alkaline because they have calcium in them.

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Yes, I believe so. They have alot of citric acid I think.

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yes it is acidic

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no

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citric acid

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