Although small and round, it is the king of vitamin C in fruits! Its average vitamin C content is as high as 243 mg/100 g, almost 60 times that of apples, 0/0 times that of lemons and 4 times that of kiwis! In addition to vitamin C, the contents of dietary fiber, folic acid and nicotinic acid in winter jujube are also outstanding among fruits. Therefore, winter jujube is also called "the king of all kinds of fruits" and "live vitamin pills". Of course, the above are all fresh winter dates, not fresh. Just think about it.
But winter jujube has a disadvantage, that is, it has too many calories and is the enemy of slimming! Generally, the heat of winter jujube can reach 105 kcal/100g, which is almost the same as that of rice (1100g), and the heat of100g will take almost 4,000 steps to be consumed! So, if you want to collapse on the sofa and ruin a pot of winter dates, think about the consequences and think twice before you do!
At this time of the year, the colors of winter dates are all green and red, and complete dates are abnormal. The completely blue jujube is called green jujube, which is usually listed in April and May. However, in order to increase profits, some unscrupulous traders soaked green dates or winter dates with saccharin and preservatives and processed them into toxic "red dates"-saccharin dates.
The saccharin sodium and sodium cyclamate in this "red jujube" can increase the sweetness, but excessive consumption is harmful to human body and will cause malignant poisoning, especially for the elderly, pregnant women and children with weak metabolic detoxification ability.
So one thing must be reminded, when buying winter dates, you must polish your eyes and don't buy saccharin dates! Then, when buying dates, how can you tell if they are saccharin dates?
Here are a few simple and easy methods, which look good ~
Take a look at the color of jujube, saccharin jujube is green and red, and the boundary is particularly clear;
Touch whether the peel of jujube is wrinkled, whether the fruit pedicle is wilted, saccharin jujube is not resistant to storage, and the peel and pulp will separate after being placed for a period of time, which is easy to rot;
Taste it. Saccharin jujube peel is sweet, but the pulp is not sweet. The water after washing dates is also sweet. If you feel unsanitary and don't want to taste it, just touch the surface of the jujube carefully to see if there is any sticky feeling (that is, whether it sticks to your hands). Better catch more and observe.
The surface of jujube soaked with saccharin sodium is slightly soft, while the normal jujube is hard. Observing the fault after cutting, we will find that the fault and pulp of saccharin jujube have traces of soaking rot, but normal jujube does not. This phenomenon is more obvious on saccharin dates stored for more than 12 hours.
If you encounter the jujube in the above situation, don't buy it!