Size does matter! Well... at least when counting calories in a banana. Obviously smaller bananas would have less calories than bigger ones. We are talking somewhere around 90 calories in a banana for the smaller ones and around 120 calories in a banana for bigger ones.

Small banana (101 gr, 6-7"): 90 calories (sugars: 12.35 gr, fiber 2.6 gr, fat 0.33 gr, protein 1.1 gr)

Medium banana (118 gr, 7-8"): 105 calories (sugars: 14.43 gr, fiber 3.1 gr, fat 0.39 gr, protein 1.29 gr)

Large banana (136 gr, 8-9"): 121 calories (sugars: 16.63 gr, fiber 3.5 gr, fat 0.45 gr, protein 1.48 gr)

Being a fruit, most of a banana is just plain water, but 35% percent of it is actually sugars. They are responsible for more than 50% of the calories in a banana.

Looking beyond the calories in a banana, there are a lof of other "goodies" inside it. Take for example Vitamin C. A small banana consists of 15% of the recommended intake of Vitamin C for adults, and a large banana has upto 20%.

But bare in mind we are talking about fresh, raw bananas, which hopefully you peel before you eat. Any cooking, steaming or drying takes out a lot of the vitamins and lower the nutrition values. If you check the calories in a banana that was dried like banana chips, you'll find out there are more than 5 times the calories in a banana that stayed fresh and yummy!

I hope you know that a lot of banana sweets, candy or ice cream hardly contain any banana at all! It would be pointless to even check the amount of calories in a banana candy. That would be wasted calories! Instead, you can freeze pieces of banana and then eat them with yogurt, or blend them for a cool desert!

I love bananas and turns out it is actually a very popular fruit. It is always a wise decision to educate youself about the things you love to it. Whether it is calories in a banana or anything else!