Identifying 10 Kinds of Harmful Fruits

Reading: Is the "fresh fruit" on the fruit stand really fresh? I believe that when people buy fruits, most people like to pick long-looking, fresh-looking fruits, but are these fruits really fresh? It is understood that many unscrupulous businessmen in order to allow fruit to keep fresh, in the fruit "hand on foot", so that the chemical to maintain the freshness of fruit, long-term eating will cause harm to the human body.

Is the "fresh fruit" on the fruit stand really fresh? I believe that when people buy fruits, most people like to pick long-looking, fresh-looking fruits, but are these fruits really fresh? It is understood that many unscrupulous businessmen in order to allow fruit to keep fresh, in the fruit "hand on foot", so that the chemical to maintain the freshness of fruit, long-term eating will cause harm to the human body. So how do you identify these harmful fruits?

A waxing apple

Waxing apples is not new any longer. Nutritionists say that apple skin is more nutritious than apple flesh and should be eaten more. However, waxed apple skin can still be eaten more? In fact, the country is allowed to wax on the surface of fruits to preserve freshness. Dealt with. The apple epidermis itself contains wax, which is processed wax. The main ingredients are pure natural shellac and carnauba wax. Both are edible and harmless to the body. However, many unscrupulous merchants use industrial waxes instead of edible waxes to save costs. Industrial wax contains mercury and lead and may cause harm to the human body.

How to identify:

When picking waxed fruits, you can use hand or napkin to wipe the surface of the fruit. If you can wipe a light layer of red, it is likely to be industrial wax. Staff in the quality inspection department stated that edible waxes and industrial waxes are not easily distinguished by naked eyes. Fruits are washed with salt water before consumption, or they are eaten after being peeled.

Second, ripening bananas

Ripening is an indispensable link in the banana industry chain, and it has been widely used all over the world for a hundred years. The use of ripening agents without exceeding the standard is harmless to the human body. Because bananas have to be transported long distances, they must pick green fruits, and bunches of bananas that are cut off from trees are difficult to cook. If you do not use ethephon, most bananas will rot. Therefore, normal ripening of bananas does not produce harmful substances to the human body, and overuse is harmful to human health.

How to identify:

At first, ripened banana skin does not have the symbol of banana ripening - "Plum Blossom". Therefore, when picking bananas, bananas with "plum blossom" are relatively safe; secondly, bananas ripened with chemicals smell chemically. The taste of medicines.

In addition, naturally ripened bananas are cooked evenly, not only because the epidermis turns yellow, but also in the middle; while ripening the bananas, the middle ones are hard.

Third, dye oranges

The orange color on the market is particularly bright, causing many people to drool. When you encounter such an orange, be careful, it may be a colored orange. In order to make the oranges look more beautiful and sell better, some vendors inject pigments into the orange peels, and then apply some wax on the skin to make the oranges look fresh, but such oranges will fade. In addition, businesses even cleaned the moldy oranges, dried them, and waxed the oranges with paraffin. In this way, the oranges that had grown old with moldy spots turned to red and bright in an instant.

How to identify:

First of all, colored oranges look particularly red-rimmed. When you look closely, you can see that the epidermis has red spots, and some oranges even have red residue. Second, wipe the surface of the orange with a wet wipe. If the wet wipes turn red, the oranges may be stained; for unstained oranges, the wipes only look faint yellow after wiping.

In addition, severely stained oranges, orange pedicles will turn red; unstained oranges, orange pedicles are white and green. In the end, the stained oranges have a surface that feels sticky; the unstained oranges feel natural.

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