Banana Details - Ripening Stages

	Stage 1 - Hard and Green. This is how bananas are when freshly picked.
	Stage 2 – Green with trace of yellow. The maturing process has begun, however there is still some time before they are ready to eat.
	Stage 3 – More yellow than green The ripening has begun in earnest and the fruit is now increasing its natural sugar content, the flesh is changing from the chalky hardness of under ripe fruit.
	Stage 4 - Yellow with Green hint That familiar creamy texture is developing now, and as the natural sugar content rises the fruit is getting ready for eating.
	Stage 5 – All yellow with green tip on crown. Ready to eat! The fruit is sweet, creamy and on the firmer side. Even though it is yummy it still does not have its complete full sweet flavour.
	Stage 6 – All yellow. At the peak of freshness now, and delicious to eat. The fruit is also starting to soften as it ages heading towards its top sugar content.
	Stage 7 - Yellow with brown “sugar spots”. The sugar content is now at its peak, the flesh is perfect and has softened for easy mashing and blending.

Stage 3 – More yellow than green