Once dipped, the fruit is then placed back onto another elevator as it moves to the packing stations. Our packers ensure that each carton is packed so that fruit will reach the store shelves in your neighbourhood safely. From here, the packed cartons move onto a different elevator towards the Quality Check Point. Here each carton undergoes a final manual check by our experienced team for quality, presentation and correct weight.
A lid is then placed on the carton and it continues to the Hydraulic stacking lifters where the fruit is stacked to form a pallet of 66 cartons which weighs approximately 1 tonne.
The pallet is then placed in a special cool room for hours before being transported to the Central markets in all capital cities. Many customers are curious to know why we dip the fruit in coloured wax and whether it is safe. This patented wax tip is our way of letting you know that any fruit which bears the wax tip red, pink, green or blue , is grown to the highest eco-growing standard in the world.
This is similar to the wax you currently see used on soft cheeses. Thank you very for the candle making tip! My wife on occasion purchases the red tip bananas from Woolworths. Unfortunately in many cases they are terribly green which I assume relates to how the supermarket stores and distributes the bananas. It makes them very unappetising to eat even though they may be eco friendly.
Hi Auke, if the bananas are green you need to leave them to ripen for a few days. I only just found out about the production behind the red wax bananas and the penny dropped as to why these taste so good!
Ross, thank you very much for the tip about recycling the wax into candles. Is the wax that you use biodegradable? Can I put these banana skins including the wax in my compost bin? Never knew anything till watching an episode of Landline. Erm maybe environmentally grown but surely the energy and material used in the waxing process means the carbon footprint of producing these bananas exceeds those other non-waxed bananas?
Does anyone know the process involved? Sorry I missed your comment. The wax is food grade wax — the same used in cheese making. They have a huge amount of info on there. And if you see how they grow their bananas, no, their carbon footprint is much lower than any other banana production.
Hi Linda, I found thread this after trying to work out how to recycle the red wax tips. The Ecobanana website says the wax is recyclable, but not how. Do you know? Cheers, Neil. As far as I remember, those waxed bananas were imported from the US after a cyclone destroyed the Australian crop. Your email address will not be published.
Julie says. Linda McCormick says. Michael Possingham says. Lance says. Hi Lance, What on earth were you doing with the bananas to get wax all over the place! Tanya says. I prefer them and can readily tell the difference in taste and texture.
Thomas Archer says. I do taste a difference… but then it could be all in my head! I love how this post is still getting comments 5 years later! Hi deedee, I love that even though this post was written five years ago people are still finding it! Alice says. Hi Alice, No, their bananas can come in various colours — all the eco-bananas are fully organic, regardless of tip colour. Nomadali says. Grown using sustainable farming practices The ecosystem was created to farm in harmony with nature rather than relying on chemicals both synthetic and organic to grow a banana sustainably.
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