Dongzao is crispy and sweet, which is very popular with the public. Many people like Dongzao, which is crispy and delicious. But what's the matter with some Dongzao's bitter taste? Some bad traders put Dongzao in saccharin water for profit, so how to distinguish it?
The first reason why winter jujube is bitter is that many jujube farmers rush to market before the jujube is very mature, so they spray some ripening pesticides to make the immature jujube market prematurely, and the immature jujube will have a bitter taste.
Second, if it's the sweet and bitter condition of jujube, and the taste is bitter after eating, it's possible to buy "saccharin jujube" carelessly.
What is saccharin jujube? Saccharin jujube means to blanch the immature green jujube in hot water. The winter jujube can immediately ripen and turn red. Then put the red jujube in saccharin water and soak it for several hours, and the jujube will turn red and sweet.
What's the harm of eating saccharin jujube? The sweetness of saccharin is 200-700 times of that of white sugar. It doesn't participate in metabolism in the body, and it doesn't provide heat and nutritional value. Therefore, it can be used as a substitute food additive for diabetes patients, and it will not cause harm to human body if it is used according to national standards. However, it is clearly forbidden to add saccharin sodium to fresh jujube and other fruits in our country, and the source of saccharin sodium used for soaking jujube in the market is not reliable, and it is not easy to control the quantity. If illegal traders use a large amount of inferior saccharin sodium or even industrial saccharin sodium, it is likely to cause damage to consumers' liver or even nervous system.
How to identify Dongzao with saccharin 1. Taste
The winter jujube soaked in saccharin is usually only sweet on the skin, while the dried meat, firewood and sour jujube are often only sweet on the skin, with bitter taste. If the skin of the winter jujube is sweeter than the flesh, it is likely to be soaked in saccharin. The flesh of the common winter jujube must be sweeter than the peel.
2. Look at the color
After soaking in saccharin, the skin of winter jujube is even and orderly red, and the boundary between red and green is usually obvious. Fruit growers usually pick and market dates when they are blue. Normally mature dates can never be all red, but only bring red in the green. Only the sunny side is red, so if the whole body is red, and the taste is too sweet, there must be a problem.
3. Touch the epidermis
After soaking, the skin of saccharin jujube is loose and wrinkled, so it feels soft. Some of the peeled parts will be separated from the pulp. But the common winter jujube, feels is quite hard, moreover the epidermis feels is also quite smooth.
4. See the quality
Normal jujube can be kept in a cool and dry place for a few days, while saccharin jujube cells are destroyed during soaking, which is very perishable.