“I to found one out of a bunch of bananas that i purchased. I immediatly spat it out and freaked out. No one ever heard of it and I will never eat another banana again. ewwwwww”

“Ok, I just had this happen to me last week. I bought some bananas from our local store and I was plann on making smoothies. The bananas looked perfectly ok. I cut open the first banana and it was red (blood-like) on the inside. I cut and split it right down the middle and the whole inside was like this. I freaked-out showed my husband and threw it out. If I were thinking I should have taken it back to the store, but I paniced. I then checked the rest of the bananas, but there was nothing. I threw them all out because they were bought in a bunch together. I have been researching recalls on bananas, but this the only one I have seen....”

“I too had one of these a few years back. i bit into it and imediatly spat it back out. We were talking about bananas in the office today and no-one believed me - this page seems to be the only google reference i could find, but it was enough to prove my story.”

“i have also just bitten into a perfect looking banana that was hard, red and blood like inside the yellow flesh. I am worried and when trying to find out what it is this appears to be the only reference to this i can find on google.”

“i also had a banana with what looked like blood all hard inside this is not "red bananas" that u can get, the skin was fine ,but inside was very hard ,like peeling a orange. i called food standerds they tested it and told me it was not blood BUT they DONT know what it was ! And they have not called back with any more info . it was a fair trade banana from a scotmid store.I cant eat any now until i know what this red crystalised stuff is!!!”

“Ive just bitten into a banana and found some mad red bits in it aswell! in fact i swollowed a bit!!! :( what is it? thats why ive googled it to find out and found this page!! ewwww”

“Ok Wierd!!!! Ihave just taken a bite out of a banana and it seems to be the same red 'crunchiness' inside....
Does anyone know what causes this??? and I about to get sick from eating a bit of it first?”

“If you read the story it was not a red banana,it was a banana that was totaly different from the rest of the clutch,it was bright red inside solid to the touch and a very red soft core.I have worked for banana specialist and have never come across one like it before.The taste was very bitter.I know i tasted it after the pictures were taken”

“I have travelled in quite a number of countries which produce bananas,it is quite normal to see red bananas there is nothing wrong there no mutation and even in this country red bananas are available ,may be not in scunthorpe and I,wish that the person at Aldi Which apologised get a book about tropical fruit it will help to understand that over a hundred varieties of bananas exist through out the world,also the supermarket buyers should visit the countries that produce these fruits,It certainely will help them understand what bthey are buying and how to store them”

“I thought i knew how to treat a girl, but this guy he is tops.If iever get agirlfreind iwill try and impress her with a bunch of Bananas can:t fail”