evidence: Over the years, there have been several social media posts claiming that bananas are being injected with infected blood to spread HIV. If you've come across certain bananas that have deep red discolouration, it might even be easy to assume that the bananas have indeed been injected with blood. The discolouration is visible when you peel off the skin and there's deep red at the centre core of the banana. One user on Facebook claimed, sharing photos of discoloured banana, "someone is injecting blood into bananas." The user goes on to claim that an unnamed hospital even tested the banana and said it was blood. But the most alarming claim is that the blood injected into the banana is infected with HIV virus. International Business Times reviewed several such claims about bananas being used as carrier for HIV virus. Upon doing a simple web search on Google, it can be clarified that the redness caused in banana is in fact caused due to plant diseases.