Woman reveals her shock after finding 'freaky' ultra-rare double banana in her Morrisons shop

A woman has revealed her shock after discovering a 'freak' double banana lurking inside her Morrisons grocery shop. Kate Wright was blown away when rifling through her fruit bowl for a morning snack last Saturday when she spotted that one of her bananas was twice its usual size. Her husband Harry had bought a bunch of bananas in the Kendal branch of Morrisons in Cumbria that week - but hadn't noticed the rare phenomenon nestled inside his shopping bag.

The school compliance officer said she'd never seen anything like the girthy fruit before and opted to share the bulky banana with her husband the following day. Double bananas - where two sit together in a single skin - are extremely rare. The 49-year-old said she feels 'blessed' to have the colossal snack fall into her hands. Kate said: 'I went to the fruit bowl on Saturday morning and picked out a banana for breakfast and, lo and behold, behind the main bananas was a double banana.

'It was like a chunky banana in two sections all within one skin. It was a complete freak thing. Kate Wright shared her shock on social media after finding a double banana in her Morrisons shop. The 49-year-old said she feels 'blessed' to have the colossal snack fall into her hands. 'I'd never seen anything like this in 49 years. I didn't really want two at once so waited until Sunday lunch for our pudding and me and my husband had the double banana.

'I pulled it down and could see there were two separate bananas in the one skin with one stalk.'. Despite looking different to usual, Kate insisted that the banana tasted the same as ever. She said: 'Me and my husband had one each for lunch and it didn't taste weird. It tasted like a completely normal banana, there was nothing unusual about it. 'Some people have said it's lucky. People have said I should buy a lottery ticket but I'm not really a gambling person.

'I feel quite blessed it fell into my hands. I think it's a really interesting find. It's not something you come across.'. Around five per cent of bananas are thought to grow into double bananas, but most are discarded before they can hit the supermarket shelves. Banana importers J N Fox and Sons told the BBC that double bananas are usually removed from their stems when they are young. Despite looking different to usual, Kate insisted that the banana tasted the same as ever.

Around five per cent of bananas are thought to grow into double bananas, but most are discarded before they can hit the supermarket shelves. Student Tom Symes was previously left perplexed when he opened a banana, his favourite fruit, to find two inside, merged together. This is so they don't squash single bananas and steal their nutrients. However, they added that double bananas are fine to eat, and the only difference is that they have grown differently.

While double bananas are understood to be very rare, in extremely rare cases three or four finger bananas can grow. Very occasional cases of double bananas have previously been documented in the media. In 2020, student Tom Symes from West Sussex bought a bunch of bananas from his local Tesco, but failed to notice that one was considerably larger than the others. The 24-year-old was perplexed when he opened the banana, his favourite fruit, to find two inside, merged together.