--- title: Tropic Non-Browning Banana: The Best Inventions of 2025 description: Find out why Tropic Non-Browning Banana is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. canonical: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318339/tropic-non-browning-banana/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T11:54:51.069Z article:section: Business og:title: Tropic Non-Browning Banana: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:description: Find out why Tropic Non-Browning Banana is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. og:url: https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318339/tropic-non-browning-banana/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt970482aad081d85a/6998ca8a1f670932f1f56cc3/Tropic-Non-Browning-Banana-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Tropic Non-Browning Banana: The Best Inventions of 2025 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Tropic Non-Browning Banana: The Best Inventions of 2025 twitter:description: Find out why Tropic Non-Browning Banana is on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt970482aad081d85a/6998ca8a1f670932f1f56cc3/Tropic-Non-Browning-Banana-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Oct 09, 2025 # Tropic Non-Browning Banana Longer-lasting bananas by [Catherine Boudreau](https://time.com/author/catherine-boudreau/) ## Catherine Boudreau  Courtesy Tropic The world’s most popular fruit grows less so when it gets brown and mushy. To extend shelf life and reduce food waste, scientists at U.K.-based biotech company Tropic introduced the first non-browning banana this year. The banana, made using precision gene editing techniques, stays fresh at least 12 hours after peeling and doesn’t brown as easily. CEO Gilad Gershon says they’re also working on bananas that stay greener longer and are resistant to a fungal disease wreaking havoc across plantations from Asia to Latin America. These are independent reviews of the products mentioned, but TIME receives a commission when purchases are made through affiliate links at no additional cost to the purchaser. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318339/tropic-non-browning-banana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318339/tropic-non-browning-banana/"},"headline":"Tropic Non-Browning Banana","datePublished":"2025-10-09T11:00:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T11:54:51.069Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318339/tropic-non-browning-banana/","keywords":["Tech","E-Commerce","list","franchise","Magazine","best inventions","Special Project","sponsorshipblock","Accolades","Best Inventions 2025"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt970482aad081d85a/6998ca8a1f670932f1f56cc3/Tropic-Non-Browning-Banana-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Catherine Boudreau","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/catherine-boudreau/"}],"creator":"Catherine Boudreau","articleSection":"Business","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt970482aad081d85a/6998ca8a1f670932f1f56cc3/Tropic-Non-Browning-Banana-TIME-best-inventions-2025.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2025/7318339/tropic-non-browning-banana/","name":"Tropic Non-Browning Banana"}}]}] ```