BASF Podcast: The Chemical Reporter - Why do Bananas Turn Brown Through Cold?

LUDWIGSHAFEN, Germany, December 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A banana does not like
it in the refrigerator - understandably so. From the time it starts out as a
small plant, it is used to tropical sun. Its peel turns spotty and brown. Its
flavour disappears. How can this happen? In entertaining weekly episodes our
Chemical Reporter answers questions on Chemistry in our everyday life.
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For the UK: BASF plc, Chris Wilson, Corporate Communications, Phone:
+44-161-488-5616, Fax: +44-161-488-4133, E-Mail: chris.wilson@basf.com; For
the US: BASF Corporation, Betsy Arnone, Corporate Communications, Phone:
+1-973-245-7865, Fax: +1-973-245-6714, E-Mail: betsy.arnone@basf.com; For
Germany/Europe: BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Rainer Mueller-Mueffelmann, Corporate
Innovation Communications, Phone: +49-621-60-41040, Fax: +49-621-60-20548,
E-Mail: podcast@basf.com