How to distinguish saccharin dates

Saccharin dates refer to blanch the immature green dates in hot water. The winter dates will ripen and turn red immediately, and then turn into red dates. Soak red dates in saccharin water for a few hours, and the dates will become red and sweet.

1. Taste the taste

Winter jujubes soaked in saccharin are usually only sweet on the surface, while the dried jujube meat is sour and astringent. The sweetness often only stays on the surface. If you taste it carefully, there may be some bitterness. If the skin of the winter jujube you buy is sweeter than the flesh, it is likely that it has been soaked in saccharin. The pulp of ordinary winter dates must be sweeter than the peel.

2. Look at the color

Winter jujubes soaked in saccharin will have an even and neat red skin, usually completely red or with clear blue-red boundaries. Fruit farmers usually pick the jujubes when they are green and put them on the market. Normally mature jujubes will never be completely red, but will only be green with red, and only the sunny side will be red. Therefore, if the jujube is red all over and tastes too sweet, there must be something wrong with it. problematic.

3. Touch the skin

The skin of soaked saccharin dates is loose and wrinkled, and feels soft to the touch. Some of the peeled parts will be separated from the pulp. Ordinary winter dates are relatively hard to the touch, and the skin is smooth to the touch.

4. Check the shelf life

Normal jujubes can be stored in a cool and dry place for a few days without any problem, but saccharin jujubes have cells destroyed during the soaking process and are easily perishable.

The harm of saccharin dates

The sweetness of saccharin is 200-700 times that of white sugar. It does not participate in metabolism in the body and does not provide calories and nutritional value, so it can be used as a supplement for people with diabetes. Sugar substitute food additives, when used according to national standards, will not cause harm to the human body. However, our country clearly prohibits the addition of saccharin sodium to fresh dates and other fruits, and the source of saccharin sodium used for soaking jujubes on the market is unreliable, and the amount is difficult to control. If unscrupulous traders use a large amount of low-quality saccharin sodium or even industrial saccharin sodium, it will It is very likely to cause damage to the consumer's liver and even nervous system.