{"id":20170,"date":"2026-06-18T10:55:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20170"},"modified":"2026-06-18T10:55:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T10:55:45","slug":"why-your-bananas-ripen-so-fast-and-how-to-keep-them-fresh-longer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20170","title":{"rendered":"Why Your Bananas Ripen So Fast \u2014 and How to Keep Them Fresh Longer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"239\">Bananas change from yellow to brown quickly mainly because of <strong data-start=\"62\" data-end=\"78\">ethylene gas<\/strong>, which speeds up ripening. When bananas are stored with other fruits like apples or avocados, they ripen even faster because those fruits also release ethylene.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"495\">As bananas ripen, starch turns into sugar and the fruit softens. At the same time, natural enzymes react with oxygen, causing <strong data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"396\">brown spots and darkening<\/strong>. Warm temperatures, bruising, or storing them in enclosed spaces can make this happen even faster.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"497\" data-end=\"641\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">To slow it down, keep bananas <strong data-start=\"527\" data-end=\"556\">separate from other fruit<\/strong>, store them in a cool, open place with good airflow, and avoid sealing them in bags.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Bananas change from yellow to brown quickly mainly because of ethylene gas, which speeds up ripening. When bananas are stored with other fruits like apples <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/?p=20170\" title=\"Why Your Bananas Ripen So Fast \u2014 and How to Keep Them Fresh Longer\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20170","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20170"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20170\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20172,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20170\/revisions\/20172"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatswalk.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}