How to identify Chinese apples and oranges soaked in chemicals

Choosing to buy the right Vietnamese apples and oranges, not choosing Chinese fruit soaked in toxic chemicals is not too difficult, but not everyone knows how.

Apple

Apples are a very popular fruit, especially with children, but the fact that apples of unknown origin are widely sold on the market today makes many housewives more cautious with this fruit.

Chinese apples are usually round, smooth, shiny, and wrapped in foam mesh.

Chinese apples are usually round, smooth, shiny, and wrapped in a foam net. When the foam net is removed, many fine white seeds will appear on the fruit, which is due to the evaporation of the chemical preservatives on the skin.

Orange

In Vietnam, Chinese oranges are also divided into two types: yellow oranges and green oranges. On the outside, Chinese oranges have smooth, flawless skin, long-lasting color, and no seeds. Chinese yellow oranges have a very distinctive lemon yellow or orange color. The green oranges are also green like the oranges of the West, but are lighter in color, very shiny, and have thick skin.

Chinese oranges have bright, shiny colors and smooth skin.

In addition, when sold, Chinese oranges also have stems but the color is a bit dark and they fall off easily, the stems are not as strong as oranges from the West. Because they can be soaked in preservatives and fast-growing chemicals, Chinese orange leaves are often very young and light in color. When the orange is cut, the flesh is a bit pale in color and has no aroma. In particular, varieties originating from China are seedless, have a strong sweet taste and the segments have a slightly rotten taste.

How to identify Vietnamese oranges

Vietnamese oranges, including Ha Giang oranges and Sanh oranges, all have rougher and thicker skins, often have brown spots, are less attractive, and all have seeds. Ha Giang oranges have seeds, are yellow when ripe, have thick flesh, and are sweet and aromatic. Sanh oranges are round in shape, have quite large fruits, have thick, rough, and rough skin, and are dark green but uneven in color.

Some fruits are tanned and not very attractive. Meanwhile, the water orange is much smaller than the navel orange, the orange peel is lighter green, thinner, the fruit shape is not round, dented but squeezes out a lot of juice.

Consumers should not buy fruits that are bruised or mushy at the tip, even if the skin of the fruit is still beautiful. When buying fruit, pay attention to any unusual phenomena such as fruit that is too young, green, ripe, or unusually beautiful, which may contain pesticides. Any type of fruit purchased must be thoroughly washed and peeled before use.

According to Alobacsi.vn