All cultivars on trial showed significantly higher provitamin A carotenoids levels at ripening stage 5 than popular local cultivars of the same genomic group and type (Table 3). Ekesa et al. (2013) reported provitamin A carotenoid values for two local plantains (‘Musilongo’ and ‘Musheba’) of 1272.0 and 955.3 mg/100 g fw, respectively. The two plantains in the trial (‘Apantu’ and ‘Bungaoisan’) as well as the two Pacific plantains (‘Bira’ and ‘Lahi’) had significantly higher provitamin A carotenoids content than these local plantains. Ekesa et al. (2013) also reported provitamin A carotenoids values for two local East African highland cooking bananas (‘Vulambya’ and ‘Nshikazi’) of 944.6 and 418.6 mg/100 g fw, respectively, which was significantly lower than the values recorded for the cooking type in this trial (‘Sepi’). Fungo and Pillay (2011) reported values of 48.3 mg/100 g fw for the local dessert cultivar ‘Sukali Ndizi’ (syn. ‘Kamaramasenge’), which was significantly lower than the dessert varieties on trial.