How To Pick A Good Pineapple

Zyira02 Jun, 2023Other

How To Pick A Good Pineapple selecting a pineapple in the store As with most fruit, there are three things to bear in mind to find out if a pineapple is a good one: Color The skin of a pineapple becomes a yellow or golden color as it ripens. A perfectly ripe and ready-to-eat pineapple will typically have very consistent color from the base to the top. The darker this color gets, the riper it is. Therefore, a dark orange pineapple is overripe. Touch If you press a pineapple with your fingers, it should give but still be firm. As with other fruits, this indicates peak ripeness. Squishiness indicates that the fruit is overripe Smell Finally, sniffing the pineapple near the base will tell you all you need to know. If it smells sweet, then it?s ripe and good to eat. If it?s pungent or bitter, then the pineapple isn?t good! Bitter is underripe, and pungent is overripe.