How to identify hormone-treated grapes? These 3 tricks help you tell them apart easily

Fruit has now become an indispensable food in everyone's daily life, because it is not only delicious but also supplements the vitamins and other nutrients the body needs. However, it is best to eat fruit in season, just like now, when it is autumn and grapes are flooding the market, sweet and sour and very tasty.

There are many varieties of grapes circulating on the market now, all kinds of purple and green ones, but although grapes are delicious, you should not eat too many of them, not only because of their high sugar content, but also because sometimes we may accidentally buy grapes that have been treated with hormones. Everyone knows that hormones are things that promote growth, but applying them to melons and fruits still has side effects. Below, Huahua will tell everyone some tips for choosing grapes!

1. Look at the white frost on the surface of the grapes

During the growth process of grapes, a substance called bloom gradually appears on the skin. This substance is the layer of white frost we usually see on the skin when buying grapes. This layer of white frost has no side effects on the human body, and it can be eaten after simply washing it. Moreover, generally the sweeter and fresher the grapes, the thicker this white frost may be.

This is for normal grapes. Generally, grapes treated with hormones will have very little white frost on the skin, and some may even have none. Of course, there are also cases where it is added afterward, but generally the artificially added white frost will be a thick layer, and it will not be distributed very evenly. Therefore, everyone can use the white frost as a criterion for choosing grapes.

2. Look at how soft or firm the fruit is

Generally, when we buy fruit, we like to give it a squeeze, and this is actually useful for grapes too. Generally, good naturally grown grapes feel firm when squeezed, and they will basically only soften after a few days. But grapes ripened with hormones feel a bit soft when squeezed, and they cannot be kept for even a few days before spoiling. So before buying grapes, you can give them a squeeze, and in this way you can tell which are "real" grapes and which are "fake" grapes!

3. Look at the color distribution of the skin

The growth of grapes also takes a long time, and it is impossible for every side of a grape to receive sufficient sunlight, so there will be slight differences in the skin color, and visually it will feel uneven in depth. As for grapes treated with hormones, because they are forced to ripen and almost every berry can receive nutrients, their skin color will look like a single color, with no big changes. If everyone wants to choose grapes in the future, then you can also start from this point.

These are the little methods Huahua is teaching everyone to distinguish "real" and "fake" grapes. In the future, when choosing grapes in daily life, everyone can pay a little attention, and then you will not have to worry about buying grapes treated with hormones. If everyone still has better identification methods, then leave a message and tell Huahua!