Vegetables and fruits are a natural source of vitamins. Moreover, people consume them with great pleasure. However, walking through the stalls, it can be difficult to choose the quality gifts of nature.
Instructions
Step 1
Always remember that you have the right to ask the seller to show you documents confirming the quality of his products. All vegetables and fruits must undergo sanitary control, which is reflected in the relevant papers. Also, immediately pay attention to the color of the product being offered. The darker the vegetables and fruits, the more pesticides they contain.
Step 2
When choosing apples, remember that worms are still those gourmets, they will not eat fruit rich in chemical fertilizers. Therefore, do not enter on glossy skin without a single spot. Ask the seller to cut the apple. Normally, the fruit should darken at the site of damage. This indicates the content of oxidants in it. If there is no reaction, there is nothing useful in this apple.
Step 3
You can check potatoes for nitrates in the same way. Cut a slice. If it darkens within one or two minutes, it means that there are much more chemicals in it than it should be.
Step 4
Healthy and tasty carrots should be of natural color, without branches and cracks. A bright red vegetable with an unusual shape and cracks was clearly watered with nitrates.
Step 5
In order to select a zucchini, lightly run your fingernail along its skin. If the vegetable is fresh, then a noticeable mark will remain on it. The skin remains the same as it was - the zucchini is old, and you can't cook anything worthwhile from it.
Step 6
When choosing bananas, look for a streamlined fruit with a solid matte skin. If there are black dots on the skin, it is not scary, this indicates that this banana is ripe. However, you should not buy such fruits in large quantities - you need to eat them on the same day.
Step 7
When buying a melon, pay attention to the smell. Ripe fruit, not treated with pesticides, exudes a sweet smell, which attracts insects who love to feast on juice. It is such a melon that should be taken. Fruits that have little or no odor have been treated with nitrates.
