慎食反季節性水果

一位多年從事水果生意的水果商告訴記者,很多非季水果都是用一些化學物質催熟、 保鮮的,在這個過程中,一些反季水果非而成了'問題水果。 四種常見的問題水果,消費者注意不要誤食:

草莓: 中間有空心、 形狀不規則又碩大的草莓,一般是激素過量所致。草莓用 了催熟劑或其他激素類藥后生長期變短,顏色也新鮮了,但果味卻變淡了。

香蕉: 為了讓香蕉表皮變得嫩黃好看,有的不法商販用二氧化硫來催熟,但果 肉吃上去仍是硬硬的,一點也不甜。二氧化硫對人體是有害的。

西瓜: 超標准地使用催熟劑、膨大劑及劇毒農藥,從而使西瓜帶毒。這種西瓜 皮上的條紋不均勻,切開瓜瓤特別鮮艷,可瓜子卻是白色的,吃完嘴裡有異味。

葡萄: 一些不法商販和果農使用催熟劑———乙烯利。使用者把乙烯利用水按比例 稀釋, 將沒有成熟的青葡萄放入稀釋液中浸濕,過 一兩 天青葡萄就變成紫葡萄。

這位水果商告誡消費者,如果可能最好少買非季水果,應當多買時令水果。


Beware of anti-seasonal (off-season) fruits
[Translation]
A long time fruit businessman told reporters that many off-season fruits are preserved and ripen through the use of chemicals. The off-season fruits are, therfore, often "problematic". Consumers must be careful with the following four popular fruits if they are not in season.

Strawberry: When a strawberry is hollow, exceptionally large or in irregular shape, usually it is caused by excessive chemicals. While the fruit looks colorful and fresh, it does not taste what strawberry should.

Banana: When bananas turn yellow they look good for selling. Some unscrupulous sellers use sulfur dioxide to change the color from green to yellow so that they can sell the fruit better, though in fact they are far from ready for consumers. Sulfur dioxide is harmful to human.

Watermelon: When excess chemicals are used to speed up the growth and with the presence of highly toxic pesticides, off-season watermelons are strongly infected. You can easily tell by the uneven stripes on the outside of the melon. The inside looks particularly bright and fresh, seeds are white, but the watermelon tastes a little funny.

Grapes: Some unscrupulous farmers and sellers use a ripening agent called Ethephon (which is converted into ethylene, a potent regulator of plant growth and maturity). Immature green grapes soaked in a diluted solution with ethylene can become purple within a day or two.

Per warning by the the fruit businessman, consumers should always buy fruits in season and avoid off-season fruits whenever possible.

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