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On a sunny morning, Maya tucked a smooth yellow banana into her lunch bag. She wanted the sweetest snack at school.
Why Do Bananas Get Freckles as They Ripen?Bananas develop brown spots as their starch changes into sugar and their peel cells break down during ripening.
1. On a sunny morning, Maya tucked a smooth yellow banana into her lunch bag. She wanted the sweetest snack at school.
2. At lunchtime, three brown freckles had appeared on the peel. Maya rubbed one spot with her thumb, but it stayed put.
3. After school, Maya placed the banana on the kitchen table. “Why do bananas get freckles as they ripen?” she asked Grandma Jo.
4. Grandma Jo set a green banana beside the freckled one. “Bananas grow on banana plants, and they are often picked while their peels are green,” she said.
5. Maya took one bite of the green banana and one bite of the freckled banana. The green bite was firm, but the freckled bite was soft and sweet.
6. “The starch inside a green banana tastes plain,” said Grandma Jo. “As the banana ripens, that starch changes into sugar, and the peel changes too.”
7. The spots were not crumbs or dirt. They were tiny signs of change in the peel, so Maya stopped trying to rub them away.
8. The next morning, Maya chose the banana with freckles and smiled at the sweet surprise inside. Bananas develop brown spots as their starch changes into sugar and their peel cells break down during ripening.
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