All companies claim to follow ‘sustainability’ programmes, but the truth is that a banana at 1.49 €/kg cannot guarantee fair wages, cover ocean transports and ensure clean agriculture. Someone along the supply chain always pays the price: often the health of those who work… and those who consume
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1 some of the pesticides mentioned by ‘Guess who’s coming to dinner’ (Rai3) were also found in organic bananas and are banned in the EU but enter it because there are no reciprocity clauses between South America and Europe.
This problem could be changed by a proper implementation of the Mercosur treaty .
2 the label of the Esselunga Bio Ctm Altromercatobananas.
Read also this article on Esselunga private label bananas and in the GD, in general. On pesticides you can read here.
Compiled 10 December 2025, updated 19 March 2026


