The History of Banana Flavoring

Until the closing decades of the nineteenth century, bananas were quite rare in the United States. Most Americans wouldn’t get a taste of bananas until the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, where over ten million people got the chance to try the fruit, wrapped in foil and sold for a dime. And while multiple varieties of bananas were initially available in U.S. markets, by the 1890s, the Gros Michel reigned supreme.

The history of banana flavouring