Tips to distinguish between tree-ripened and chemically ripened fruit

Buying fruit that has been ripened by chemicals is always a fear of many housewives. Below are some tips to help you distinguish between tree-ripened and chemically ripened fruit.

Durian

With durians that are chemically ripened or naturally ripened, consumers can identify them by looking at the stem and thorns of the fruit when choosing to buy.

If the fruit stem is old and withered, the thorns are bruised, and the color is old, then the fruit was cut from the tree when it was young and has been soaked in chemicals or injected with ripening chemicals. Tree-ripened durian has a fresh stem and thorns, and when picked up and smelled, you will feel the natural fragrance.

Sweetmeats

With longan fruit, if the longan fruit is naturally ripe, there will be tiny needle marks on the bottom of the fruit, and the stem will still be fresh. When peeled and eaten, the longan fruit will have a sweet taste, clear flesh, small black seeds, and especially no latex.

On the contrary, longan ripened by using growth stimulants will have a beautiful shiny yellow color, no needle marks on the fruit, the stem will be black, when eaten it will have a sour taste, the fruit flesh will be opaque, the seeds will be large and pink and will stick a lot of latex to your hands.

Rambutan

Rambutan when sprayed with pesticides will ripen early but wilt quickly. Normally, the wilting process of rambutan occurs very quickly, just a few hours after being cut from the tree.

The way to identify rambutans that have been sprayed with pesticides is that the branches and leaves are fresh but the hairs on the fruit are withered and wrinkled. Tree-ripened rambutans will produce fruit with healthy, fresh green hairs that will not wither after 2-3 days.

Mangosteen

Ripe mangosteen has a very fresh stem and ripens in patches, from the top of the stem down to the bottom of the fruit. Mangosteen ripened by chemicals will have a black stem and will taste very sour when eaten.

Dragon fruit

Naturally ripened dragon fruit has a thin skin, a dark red body, and beautiful thorns on the fruit. Meanwhile, dragon fruit ripened by growth stimulants has a light red color, withered thorns, thick skin, and a very bland taste.

Naturally ripened dragon fruit has thin skin, dark red body while the thorns on the fruit have beautiful bright colors.

Orange, tangerine

Naturally ripened citrus fruits have very fresh stems, round and full fruit, large oil spots on the peel, ripening in patches from the stem down.

Oranges ripened by chemicals will have a light yellow color throughout the fruit, with wilted stems, and very small oil-producing nodes. Mangoes: Mangoes ripened by the tree will have fresh stems, tight skin, and ripen in patches extending from the stem to the tail and from the belly to the back of the fruit. Ripe fruits will have a deep yellow color and the flesh will be soft when squeezed.

Mango

Mangoes ripened by using growth stimulants often ripen unevenly, have alternating green stripes, and are easily unripe.

Papaya

Ripe papayas are usually long, heavy, evenly ripe, soft, and have sticky sap on the stem. These fruits are both sweet and fragrant, have few seeds, and have thick, soft flesh that can be easily scooped with a spoon.

With chemically ripened papaya, they will have a golden yellow color, smooth skin, and no dent when pressed. When peeled, there is still a lot of sap, and when eaten, the inside is not soft or hard, but has a very light sweet taste.

Ripe papaya is usually long, heavy, evenly ripe, soft, and has sticky sap on the stem.

Banana

Ripe bananas have round, tight skin, and a deep yellow color on the outside. When squeezed lightly, you can feel the softness of the fruit's flesh.

While chemically ripened bananas have a beautiful, eye-catching yellow outer skin, when squeezed, the banana feels hard and stiff.

Jackfruit

Jackfruit is one of the most chemically "ripened" fruits on the market today, so it's quite easy to identify.

If the jackfruit is not yet ripe, has sharp, dense, green thorns on the outside, and the segments inside are ripe, it must have been "ripened" with chemicals. In addition, the area near the stem of the jackfruit (where the ripening chemicals are usually injected) will be rotten, while the bottom of the fruit will be just ripe. Naturally ripened jackfruit will have characteristics such as large thorns, yellow-green, gray-green color, and ripeness from the stem to the bottom of the fruit.

According to Zing.vn