Be careful when buying bananas. Read carefully what these stickers on them mean

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Jan , 23. 12. 2025

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We buy or eat bananas every day and they have become a common part of our diet. Almost every banana is labeled with a sticker, as you have often noticed many times when buying them.

Have you ever wondered what they actually mean?

In this article we will look exactly at that.

4-digit code

If a banana’s sticker shows a 4-digit code starting with 3 or 4, the banana was grown according to the principles of intensive agriculture, which include the use of fertilizers and pesticides.

5-digit code

If a 5-digit code on the label begins with 9, the banana was grown using traditional organic methods, without the use of pesticides and fertilizers.

However, if the 5-digit code on the label begins with 8, it is a genetically modified banana, commonly known as GMO.

We should be more careful about what we buy and, above all, what we eat.