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(13,409 posts)Have you seen what a wild banana looks like? Nothing like the type you're used to seeing in the grocery store. They have very thick, fibrous skins that are very difficult to peel. They have massive seeds which you can't consume without issue like the type in the stores. They have far less sweet and far firmer flesh. The modern banana is nothing like the bananas of the wild. Is it suitable to call them 'natural'? Not in my mind. That's not to say that 'natural' is synonymous with 'good' or the converse (I'd certainly rather eat a grocery store banana). As of 2010, scientists have actually created life from raw materials. These cells could continue to live without the assistance of the scientists given the right conditions, would it be appropriate to call these cells natural? Again, it says nothing about the inherent virtues of a plant or animal to call it natural, but at some point, things do become unnatural.