Red banana: how much is one of your 5 a day?
1 red banana is one portion, about 80g.
Portion sizes
| Amount | Counts as | Roughly |
|---|---|---|
| Half a red banana | half a portion | 40g |
| 1 red banana | 1 portion | 80g |
| 2 red bananas | 2 portions | 160g |
What you get from it
Red banana is a fruit in the red group, and is a useful source of potassium, fibre and vitamin A.
The colour groups are a shorthand for eating a range of plants rather than five of the same thing. 5erday tracks how many distinct plants you eat over a rolling week, so a week of nothing but red banana shows up as one.
Also called: red bananas, red dacca, cuban red banana.
What else to eat this week
Same colour group first, since variety within a colour is easier to remember than variety across the whole shop.
- Banana — 1 medium banana
- Apple — 1 medium apple
- Carrot — 1 medium carrot
- Tomato — 1 medium tomato
- Orange — 1 orange
- Strawberries — 7 strawberries (80 g)
All 142 foods and their portion sizes · What 5erday is
Portion guidance follows the NHS 5 A Day advice. 5erday counts portions against that guidance and is not medical advice — see our terms.