Banana is a fruit which is available all twelve months of the year. Banana, rich in many nutrients, is considered very beneficial for health. But these days, bananas containing chemicals are being sold indiscriminately in the market. These bananas appear yellow and ripe from outside, but when you remove the peel, they are completely hard and raw from inside. Actually, banana which is ripe from outside and raw from inside is often cooked with calcium carbide chemical which is also harmful for health. In such a situation, let us know how to identify ripe banana in this way before buying it?
While buying, identify naturally ripe banana like this:
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Identify by stalk: While buying a banana, first check its stalk. The stalk of a banana that is naturally ripe is brown or black. Whereas the stalk of banana which is cooked with chemicals looks very green and fresh.
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Bananas with light spots: A banana which is naturally ripe has small black or brown spots on its peel. At the same time, the banana which is cooked with chemicals looks very yellow and smooth and no spots are visible on it.
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non-uniformity of color: If banana has been cooked with chemicals then its color may be uneven. For example, if the banana is yellow in the middle but green at the top and bottom, then do not buy it. This could be a banana with chemicals.
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Identify by smell: Naturally ripe bananas often have a sweet aroma, while chemically ripened bananas have no aroma. Also, naturally ripe banana is slightly soft and the chemical one can be hard from outside.
