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Neither, put them in a plastic or paper bag

Freezing a banana will all but stop the ripening process. Keeping a banana in the refrigerator section will retard but not stop the ripening process.

The skin turns brown or black in the refrigerator and the freezer, but the banana meat itself does not ripen that much more. In fact, it is recommended that ripened bananas be frozen to preserve them even longer. The cold temperature of a refrigerator encourages an enzyme (polyphenyl oxidase), which is naturally found in the banana, to polymerise phenols in the banana skin into polyphenols. Polyphenols are similar to melanin, the pigment responsible for the color in our skin. This is what blackens the skin of the bananas. Despite the color, the cold temperature will keep bananas firmer than a banana that has been left at room temperature for the same amount of time. The enzymes that break the starch into sugar, which makes the banana soft and ripe, work better at room temperature.

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you should put bananas in room temp air. they will spoil quicker if in the fridge

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Neither, put them in a plastic or paper bag Freezing a banana will all but stop the ripening process. Keeping a banana in the refrigerator section will retard but not stop the ripening process. The skin turns brown or black in the refrigerator and the freezer, but the banana meat itself does not ripen that much more. In fact, it is recommended that ripened bananas be frozen to preserve them even longer. The cold temperature of a refrigerator encourages an enzyme (polyphenyl oxidase), which is naturally found in the banana, to polymerise phenols in the banana skin into polyphenols. Polyphenols are similar to melanin, the pigment responsible for the color in our skin. This is what blackens the skin of the bananas. Despite the color, the cold temperature will keep bananas firmer than a banana that has been left at room temperature for the same amount of time. The enzymes that break the starch into sugar, which makes the banana soft and ripe, work better at room temperature.


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