# Category guide Very ripe banana (category guide)

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Category: Snacks

IDDSI level: Level 6: Soft & Bite-Sized

## Preparation and serving notes

Choose bananas with brown-speckled skin. Genuinely ripe and soft. Cut to 1.5 cm pieces and fork-pressure test: a piece should squash flat with light pressure and not spring back. Under-ripe bananas fail.


The IDDSI Level 6 descriptors specifically name banana and very ripe soft fruits.

## Verification

- Method: Draft entry. Verification in progress
- Verification source: Category guidance from the IDDSI Level 6 descriptors: kitchen verification scheduled
- Date verified or checked: 2026-06-10
- Clinical review: SLP review in progress
- UPC: —


## Safety

Products can vary by batch, temperature, preparation, and standing time. Verify the actual serving with the IDDSI tests. Use only the food and drink levels prescribed by the person's qualified clinician. Test the actual serving before it is eaten or drunk.