Fruit waxing into a “norm” people to buy need to be cautious

Fruit waxing into a “norm” people to buy need to be cautious:

As people ofhealthy eatingconcept of change and fruit growing consumer demand. However, the emerging problem of fruit, but also some people can not help but worry. User “does not understand” the Site “public message boards,” reflected recently in the fruit stand he bought some apples, eat apple skin accidentally discovered when a thin layer of wax, he said, I wonder if this is a common phenomenon Or the hands of some unscrupulous traders to do, eat thisfruit(fruit, food) on the body there is no harm.

With this question, the reporter visited a number of supermarkets and fruit stands. Wudaokou city iniron(Fe food) to a nearby fruit stand, pick up a reporter called the United States imported a Delicious, easily with a fingernail scraping a few, there has been a white wax, one hand thrust, there are sticky feeling.

”Why so sticky?” The reporter asked. “It was hit wax, all right.” Said a stall. Here, fruit waxing is not a secret. Stall holders told reporters that when the wax to lay the purchase, giving primarily to fresh fruits and waxing, wax, washed it out. “Hit the wax Pasha, you are eating the flesh inside, but not to eat fruit! Want to buy good, do not want to waxing, I am afraid that only you to pick a tree!”

Stall holders also told reporters that waxing the fruit are mostly imported Delicious,oranges, they are also transported to the south of the fruit. Waxed fruit to sell a good friend, so prices are high, the same waxed fruit prices will double after.

Subsequently, the reporter went to sell imported fruits Dorset based supermarket shopping malls. See people come to buy fruit, sales staff immediately meet up, warm introduction from the origin and quality of various fruits. “Pretty much the beautiful, the wax will not be playing it?” The reporter asked. “Normal ah wax, wax fruit, generally concentrated in the apples, oranges, oranges and the like, after waxing the fruit easy to store.” Salesman cheerfully answered.

According to the salesman introduced, waxing and more fruit than normal fruit can store more than a week. Direct consumption of fruit is generally not waxing, suppliers will only citrus fruit, oranges and other fresh fruits and waxing. And so far, consumers will not fruit after waxing “Beauty(Beauty Food) “to be scared.

From the roadside hawkers, fruit wholesale market to the supermarket, can be found through the waxing of the fruit. Business has long been used to waxing of fruit, that fruit waxing is a “norm.” Then, waxing fruits affecthealth(health food)? How to choose rest assured that fruit? All the doubts to the consumer, the reporter interviewed Professor Zhang of Beijing Agricultural College.

Professor Zhang said that to allow the fruit waxing is the preservation of international methods, because the fruit with edible wax waxing general, reasonable and waxing on human health will not have much impact. However, some unscrupulous traders often use wax to the fruit industry waxing, which contains mercury, lead can penetrate through the skin into the flesh. Edible fruit waxing can damage not reflected overnight. Frequent consumption of wax fruit, the human body will bring harm.

Zhang suggested that when people do not just look at the purchase of fruits and fruit appearance, from the smell, the color selection of both. In addition, the off-season fruit and as little as possible to buy local fruit is not cheap waxing, it may buy some local appearance “simple” fruit.

Zhang reminded that although a reasonable waxing fruit can be eaten, but generally not water-soluble wax, cleaning method in accordance with the usual skin washed away the wax, to be safe, cut off in the consumption of fruit is best.

I write to you, the reporter thought of anutritionscientist told a buy fruit principle: pick does not look good to buy. He also told a story: in a farm shed the ground, most of thevegetables(vegetable food), fruit looks bright, plump, looked very clean, but there is a small vegetable and fruit seems to grow the small and does not look good , there are bugs.

Visitors asked how the matter, farmers said: nice to get the city to sell, look good in their own food. The city people are really surprised to know that eating good-looking, in fact, even the insects do not eat the fruit! - This is the meaning of the story although a little joke, but think of those who fought bright wax fruit, the reporter that the nutritionists would really have a point: Great to see the fruit people do not trust.