What to use to ripen bananas

As a common fruit, many friends prefer to eat bananas. Not only do they taste good, they also have a laxative effect, making them very suitable for friends with constipation. If you buy relatively raw bananas in your life, you can ripen them appropriately after taking them home, such as using the apple ripening method, rice ripening method, banana peel ripening method, etc.

Banana Ripening Method 1: Apple Ripening Method

Use a cardboard box or plastic bag, add 2-3 ripe apples (or 1 ripe papaya) to bananas, seal it with a plastic bag, and ripen it in 2/3 days at room temperature (do not place it in an air-conditioned room). The banana skin will turn slightly yellow and the flesh will be sweet and delicious. After leaving it alone for the second night, the bananas didn't turn much yellow, but they were already soft and very sweet.

Banana ripening method 2: Rice ripening method

Put the bananas in a plastic bag (no need to seal) and place them in a rice storage container. They will ripen in 2/3 days and have a slight rice aroma. Or put green bananas and rice into a plastic bag, wrap the banana heads with paper towels and seal it.

Banana ripening method three: banana peel ripening method

Use a fruit foam box, put some yellow ripe bananas or yellow banana peels after eating the plantains, seal them together, place them at normal temperature, and they will ripen in 2/3 days. If you put green fruits (bananas, papayas, tomatoes, soursop, egg apples, mangoes, persimmons, etc.) in the sun for a few hours and then follow the above method, they will ripen faster.

Banana ripening method 4: Chemical ripening

If conditions permit, you can buy ethephon and use it on bananas at home, and the bananas will ripen easily. Experts have also proven that ethephon can be used and is harmless to the human body.

Can you eat ripened bananas?

Ripened bananas are actually edible, but as we all know, eating fresh, naturally ripe bananas is healthier, so it is best not to eat ripened bananas if you can avoid it.

All plant growth regulators approved for use in my country are required to undergo safety evaluation, and the country has strict standards on the amount and time of use of growth regulators. Different fruits are different. The national standard GB2763 stipulates that the residue of ethephon in kiwi, banana, pineapple and lychee shall not exceed 2 mg/kg, and the residue of chlorpyrifos in kiwi and grape shall not exceed 0.05 mg/kg. As long as it is used in accordance with national standards and within the approved scope, its food safety can be guaranteed.

Don't eat unripe bananas.

Unripe bananas are green and taste astringent. The astringency is due to the large amount of tannins they contain. Such bananas are not edible. Because tannic acid has a strong astringent effect, it can turn feces into dry and hard feces, thus causing constipation.