Billions Of Bananas Are Harvested And Processed This Way | Farming Documentary

 Billions Of Bananas Are Harvested And Processed This Way | Farming Documentary

Banana Chips Mega Factory: Processing Millions of Bananas with Modern Technology

Welcome back to Trending Farm. Today we will guide you to visit Banana Chips Mega Factory, famous for processing millions of bananas using modern technology. In this video, we will explain to you the process of growing bananas and modern banana production lines. Please like the video and share so we can start this discovery process together.

Do you believe that Bananas are the most consumed fruit in the world? Are bananas really as beneficial to your health as the press claims?

Bananas are a delicious choice for snacking, baking and cooking. In addition, bananas also contain Vitamin B6, Potassium, Fiber and Vitamin C which help maintain cardiovascular health, promote digestion and provide instant energy to fitness enthusiasts.

In addition to their culinary versatility, used in everything from delicious banana bread to indulgent banana desserts, bananas also boost local economies through agriculture, promoting agricultural consumption in the area. 

Have you ever visited a large banana plantation? Have you ever wondered about productivity and agricultural practices that ensure profitability? Join us at Trending Farm as we explore these topics further in our upcoming video segments.

Before learning how farmers grow and care for banana trees, we invite you to take a panoramic tour of the Dole Banana Farm in South Florida. This is one of the largest banana farms in the United States. This farm supplies bananas to grocery stores, restaurants and schools across the country.

Dole owns a total of more than 1,000 acres at Dole farms in South Florida and more than 188,000 acres of banana farms worldwide. This farm grows many different types of bananas, including Cavendish, Gros Michel and Saba and produces over 10 million boxes of bananas each year.

We couldn't take our eyes off the footage of the vastness and lushness of this farm. How about you? If this vastness attracts you, don't forget to like and share the video to encourage us.

Okay, now let's see how the workers in the food factory grow bananas.

At this farm, Banana trees are grown from tubers, called seedlings. The selected seedling needs to be healthy, pest free, with a pseudo stem about 1.3 to 1.6 feet tall, with 3 to 4 leaves. Farmers will prepare the land for planting while the seedlings are transported. They will create planting holes approximately 1.64 feet deep and 1.64 feet wide. Seedlings are planted in fields and are watered, fertilized, and controlled for pests. With young bananas, farmers need to water regularly, keeping the soil moist but not waterlogged. Combined with periodic fertilization, top dressing 2 to 3 times/year during the period of strong growth. They also regularly weed and cultivate tree stumps to prevent pests and diseases from affecting the tree.

Normally, bananas flower about 8 to 12 months after planting. After flowering, bananas need about 3 months to fruit and mature. During this time, farmers will remove banana flowers and cover them with film to protect the banana bunches from insects.

When can bananas be harvested?

At this farm, bananas are harvested with precision and care to ensure premium quality. After 12 to 13 weeks of growing, skilled banana growers determine the ideal time to harvest the fruit, which is done six days a week. Harvesting involves cutting the entire stem with a machete, protecting each bunch of bananas with foam cushions to prevent damage.

Bananas are picked when they are still green so they ripen perfectly later. After harvesting, the leaves are left to decompose and enrich the soil for the next crop. Using an 80 mile cable car system across the farm, harvested bunches of bananas are transported to the packing plant, where they undergo rigorous quality checks. This includes washing, inspection and packaging into specially designed boxes to maintain freshness and ensure minimal damage during transport to the food factory.

Once harvested on farms in Central America, the fruit is quickly transported to food factories in specialized refrigerated containers. Before departure, strict inspections ensure the container's ventilation and refrigeration systems maintain freshness. Bananas can be moved by train or truck. At Limon's Container Terminal, each of the 2,000 containers is meticulously cleaned, inspected and connected to our electrical system for the cold chain. Dole's fleet includes the two largest reefer container ships in the world, Dole Colombia and Dole Chile, each containing about 1,000 containers. Gantry cranes expedite loading and unloading. Temperature sensors and onboard technicians ensure optimal conditions throughout the three to eight day voyage to U.S. ports. Upon arrival, the container is quickly unloaded, plugged in to shore and prepared for transport by road. Dole prioritizes preserving the fresh flavor from farm to food factory for each banana.

In the next part of the video, we invite you to visit the banana chips processing food factory, where modern technology processes millions of bananas into crispy, delicious snacks. Starting from lush banana plantations, professional farmers meticulously plant and harvest bananas. They employ sustainable practices like using green bags to minimize pesticides and ensure consistent growing conditions.

At the food factory, bananas are thoroughly cleaned and washed to maintain quality. Selected bananas are precisely cut by hand and go through a pre cooling process to preserve freshness.

Only the highest quality bananas are selected to produce fried bananas in the food factory. Green bananas, ideal for their firmness, are sliced ​​uniformly using advanced machinery. These banana slices are then evenly fried in hot oil to achieve the perfect crispiness.

After frying at the food factory, the fried bananas are marinated with many different flavors and carefully packaged by an automatic machine to ensure uniformity and freshness. Each package is rigorously tested before distribution from the food factory, maintaining high standards until it reaches the consumer.

The final step in the production process of fried bananas at a food factory ends with packaging of fried bananas.

After the bananas are processed, the fried banana pieces are packaged by an automatic packaging machine. This process ensures each package has the same amount and flavor, while also protecting the bananas from moisture and outside air, keeping the fried bananas crispy and delicious.

Each package of fried bananas is thoroughly inspected after packaging to ensure the expected quality and taste. Substandard packages will be discarded to ensure only the best products are sent to consumers.

Finally, after inspection, the fried bananas are boxed and prepared for transportation to retail and distribution points. Cartons are also marked and managed by barcode for easy tracking and control.

The banana chip packaging process in the factory focuses on maintaining quality, protecting the product's flavor and crispness to ensure that each banana chip the consumer receives is the best.

This is the entire process from the banana farm to the banana food factory. If you are a fan of this banana chips dish, don't forget to subscribe to the channel and share this video more widely so that more people know about this interesting banana dish. Trending Farm will continue to learn more about modern food factories around the world in this video, don't change the channel and stay with us.