Why are bananas not ripe even though they are left to rot? How to choose bananas

Bananas are a particularly popular common fruit in life. They are not expensive, but taste very tempting. They can provide the human body with rich nutrition and can maintain health and prevent diseases. However, some people find that the bananas they bought are rotten, and they still don’t know what the reason is. How should we choose bananas when buying them?

Why do bananas not ripen even if they are left to rot?

Bananas are not ripe even after they have been left to rot. This is directly related to the time when the bananas were picked, because many bananas are not fully ripe when they are picked. However, if they are picked too early and then forcefully ripened, the outside of the bananas will have rotted, but the flesh inside will not be fully ripe. Under normal circumstances, the bananas should be harvested when they are about 80% ripe, and then ripened to get fully ripe bananas.

How to choose bananas

1. When choosing bananas, you should first look at the color of the banana's surface. Under normal circumstances, good quality bananas are golden yellow and have a certain luster, but some bananas have a green surface. Such bananas are not ripe and can be ripened. However, if you find that the surface of the banana is yellow and green, the quality of such bananas is not good, so try not to buy them.

2. When choosing bananas, you should also check whether the skin of the banana is intact. If there are obvious rotten spots, do not buy them. In addition, bananas with dense black spots on the peeled surface are not suitable for purchase, because such bananas are close to rot and will soon deteriorate after purchase. Such bananas are not suitable for human consumption.

3. When choosing bananas, you can also look at its feel. If its color is beautiful and there are no flaws, pinch it with your hand. If the banana flesh feels elastic, you can buy it. If the banana feels soft when pinched or feels particularly hard, it is not suitable for people to buy. Bananas that become soft when pinched are about to go bad, and those that feel hard are not fully ripe.

The above explains why bananas have no leaves when they are rotten, and also allows everyone to master how to choose bananas. When you want to eat bananas in the future, you can choose them according to the correct method introduced above, which allows people to easily buy high-quality bananas.