How to quickly ripen hard kiwi fruit

If you buy a relatively hard kiwi, it means that the kiwi is not particularly ripe yet. You can use certain methods to make the kiwi mature quickly so that you can eat it happily. There are many ways to ripen kiwi quickly. For example, you can put it in a relatively hot place so that it will mature faster. If you want to achieve better effects, you can put it together with apples so that it will mature faster.

1. Ripening of ripe fruits

Experts remind that kiwi fruit must be ripe before it can be eaten. Otherwise, not only will some of the substances in it be harmful to human health, but the astringent taste will also be very unpalatable. However, if we let kiwi fruit ripen naturally, we will have to wait for a long time. At this time, if we can master some ripening methods, we can eat fresh kiwi fruit in the shortest time. If we want it to mature quickly, we might as well put kiwi together with other ripe fruits, such as apples, bananas, tomatoes, etc.

This is because these ripe fruits emit natural ripening gas "ethylene". Placing kiwi fruit together with these ripe fruits, this natural ripening gas can infect the kiwi fruit, thereby promoting it to become softer and sweeter.

2. Ethylene in the environment

Experts remind that kiwi fruit is very sensitive to ethylene, especially to ethylene in the environment. The higher the concentration of ethylene in the environment, the faster it matures. Therefore, many vendors now often use ethylene gas or ethylene to promote the ripening of fruits, thereby effectively increasing the time kiwifruit can be put on the market. Generally, kiwifruit can be soaked in 1000 mg/kg ethephon at room temperature for 2 minutes and can be put on the market after two weeks. But some unprocessed ones only become edible after one month.

Therefore, some people who can’t wait to eat it may as well use this method to ripen kiwifruit, but the dosage must be controlled when using it, otherwise it is likely to harm human health.

3. Choose kiwi fruit

Not only do you need to know how to ripen kiwifruit, but you must also pay special attention and carefully select them when purchasing to prevent them from spoiling and becoming inedible. Because kiwi fruit, like many fruits, will quickly become soft and rot within a day or two once it becomes soft and ripe, so when buying kiwi fruit, you must be careful to choose the fruit that is hard as a whole, to avoid the damaged part that is not fully ripe becoming soft and rotten and inedible. At the same time, when selecting, you should also pay extreme attention to whether the fruit has mechanical damage. If there are small bruises, soft spots, or damage, you should not buy it.

If the kiwi fruit is slightly damaged, the damaged part will quickly soften after being left for a day, then become sour or even rot. The kiwi fruit in this condition is absolutely inedible and is extremely harmful to the human body.

4. Don’t eat raw food

Experts remind that kiwis must be ripe before they can be eaten. This is not only because kiwis are not delicious when they are hard, but also because this type of kiwi has a very low sugar content and the fruit is sour and astringent. Frequent consumption is likely to break down the protein in the tongue and oral mucosa and cause discomfort. This is because unripe kiwis contain a large amount of protease.