Adulteration in Banana
Recently I heard a news about the adulteration in banana where yellow banana peels are coated with red dye. Red banana ( Musa acuminata 'Red Dacca) origin Sout…
- Yuri Nasbath reply
Let me clarify the health issues associated with the use if CaC2 use as ripening agent which generates C2H2 which had similar ripening effects as C2H4 is it also generates phosphi…
- Food R&D Emeritus reply
Calcium carbide ripening is practiced in many developing countries..It doesn't affect the taste as bananas have thick skin.Besides when you eat the banana you have to peel first..
- Food & Material Scientist reply
So is it true to say that all or most bananas are ripen this way, and nothing so far is done with regard to exploring the safety of banana (especially those banana lovers who eat…
- Food R&D Emeritus reply
Well there might be some danger with the use of artificial ripening agents but that's for the chemical agent , but that is critical to thin skinned fruits, but banana with often t…
- Food & Material Scientist reply
Kindly don't generalize things even if that is what we may have seen. Because we never understood what might have happened in those villages where such exposures are high. We also…
- Food R&D Emeritus reply
Unless you're neurotic or not familiar about how the calcium carbide is used in ripening bananas..You should get worried.For me I has lived and traveled in tropical countries and…