Bananas are tropical fruits, which are generally produced in the south. Therefore, in order to avoid the ripening and blackening of bananas in the process of transporting them from the south to the north, banana growers will cut them off and transport them away before they are ripe. When selling bananas, vendors may also artificially ripen them. It must be bad to eat artificially ripened bananas, so how to identify ripened bananas? Here are three methods:
1. Look at the surface to identify ripened bananas
When you buy bananas, you can look at the surface of bananas. If there are pits on the surface of bananas, it means that they are mature bananas. If there are no pits on the surface of bananas, it means that these bananas are artificially ripened bananas, because more chemicals are used during artificial ripening, which can not make pits on the surface of bananas.
2. Look at the meat quality of bananas and identify ripened bananas
Whether bananas are ripened or not depends on the meat quality of bananas. The meat of naturally mature bananas will be soft and sweet. However, the surface of artificially ripened bananas is only yellow, and the meat inside is very hard. It tastes like occurrence, and the sweetness is also very light.
3. Smell and identify ripened bananas
When you buy bananas, you can put them under your nose and smell them. If the banana has a natural aroma, it means that it is a naturally mature banana. However, if there is a chemical smell or sulfur smell on the banana surface, it is recommended to buy them, because they may be raw bananas ripened with ethylene or sulfur iodine.