How is a red banana considered ripe?
1, look at the color: unripe red banana peel color is purplish red, slightly black, fully ripe brick red.
2, taste: has ripened red bananas should be eaten sweet and soft, if it is eaten a little astringent, hard flesh, it is not ripe.
3, feel the feel: ripe red bananas pinch up with your hand is more firm and elastic, the skin is soft and easy to tear. If you pinch the skin and flesh feel separated, or too hard, it is too ripe or not ripe yet.
Effects and functions of red bananas
1 Weight loss and slimming Ripe red bananas contain soluble dietary fiber and resistant starch, resistant starch is digested slowly in the body, and is absorbed and enters the bloodstream more slowly. Because of the high content of sugar and water compounds, it can replace part of the staple food, often eat with a certain effect of weight loss and slimming.?
2 defecation and detoxification Red banana contains a large amount of pectin, pectin is a soluble dietary fiber, which absorbs water and expands, which can increase the volume of feces and promote intestinal peristalsis and other characteristics.?
3 Enhance immunity Red bananas contain oligofructose, also known as prebiotics, which is the food that intestinal probiotics love to eat, and can promote the propagation of intestinal probiotics and enhance the body's immunity.?
4 Reduce blood pressure, blood lipids, prevention of cardiovascular disease Red bananas are very high in potassium and very low in sodium, and also contain angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitory substances, which can inhibit the rise in blood pressure.?
5 Make people feel happy Red bananas contain chemicals such as 5-hydroxytryptamine and norepinephrine. 5-hydroxytryptamine is a neurotransmitter that makes people become happy and relaxed, lively and cheerful, and can play a role in preventing and treating depression.?
6 Protection of gastric mucosa Red skinned banana is a typical alkaline food, it can prevent the accumulation of acidic substances in the body, and it can stop the secretion of gastric acid, it can reduce the damage of corrosive substances on the mucous membrane of the human stomach, and regular consumption can prevent chronic gastritis and gastric ulcers from occurring.
How do red bananas ripen?
1, the big incense smoked ripe The raw red bananas in a relatively closed house, the windows will be closed tightly, in the house on the point of a big incense, close the door to avoid the smoke overflow. It will be ripe in about five days.?
2, ethylene ripening Put the banana in the house, will be sprayed on the top of the vinyl, take a larger plastic film to cover the banana, a day later can be removed, and then wait for two days or so, the banana will be ripe.?
3, fruit ripening The above two methods are suitable for people who have too many raw bananas, such as fruit farmers or merchants. If you buy and eat red bananas unripe on a daily basis, you can use the fruit to ripen. Find a plastic bag, put the unripe red bananas into the plastic bag, and then into the ripe pears or apples, seal the plastic pocket tightly, and put it in a cool and dry place. In about two days, the bananas will ripen.
Why are red bananas expensive?
Red bananas are rare on the market and expensive, about 8-15 dollars a pound, for the following reasons:?
1, the planting area of red bananas is small, a few places in the country only have planting;?
2, red banana production is low, generally dozens of cars in the emperor banana in order to get out of a box of red skin banana;?
3, red banana planting time is long, it takes 2-3 years to start hanging fruits, and hanging fruits after the yield is not high;?
4, red banana peel is red, and the red color has the meaning of celebration, the symbol of good wishes. Combined the above reasons, so the price of red bananas will be several times more expensive than ordinary bananas.