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Plantain
Plantain
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Plantain is a whole-food fruit/starch staple in tropical diets. Provides resistant starch (especially when green), potassium, and vitamin C.
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717 products
What it is
Starchy cooking banana (Musa × paradisiaca); a whole-food fruit eaten cooked.
Whole-food starchy fruit; used cooked as a vegetable in tropical cuisines.
Why it's flagged
- rare latex-fruit cross-reactivity
What regulators actually say
"Plantains (Musa paradisiaca) are a major staple food rich in resistant starch and potassium, with documented metabolic and gastrointestinal benefits."
Regulatory status
United States — FDA
Whole food; no additive regulation required.
European Union — EFSA
Whole food; no additive authorization required.
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