Fresh vegetables and fruit are nutritious and good for consumption every day.
In addition to fresh vegetables and fruit that can be found in markets and supermarkets, sometimes fruits and vegetables are also sold in the form of cut and packaged.
Have parents or friends ever bought cut fruit and vegetables sold in supermarkets?
By buying fruits and vegetables that have been cut it will be more practical when going to eat or process them.
But apparently the fruit and vegetables that have been cut are not as good as the fresh fruits and vegetables that we buy in one piece and not cut.
What distinguishes between fruits and vegetables that have been cut with fresh ones, huh?
1. The freshness is reduced
Fruits and whole vegetables have a freshness that is different from those sold in the form of cut, friends.
When friends buy vegetables or fruit that has been cut, the freshness will be reduced.
This is due to damage to fruit and vegetable cells due to the cutting process.
Well, this will cause a change in texture, taste, color, to the level of humidity.
Humidity of fruits and vegetables decreases because the water content in it will evaporate and come out when cut.
In addition, the cutting process can also reduce the shelf life of vegetables and fruit, friends.
2. Changes in Nutrition
In addition to causing fruits and vegetables to not be fresh, the nutrition of fruits and vegetables purchased in the form of cut will also change the amount of nutrition.
One of the things that is lost or reduced in the process of cutting fruits and vegetables is the water content.
Now, the reduced amount of water will affect the acid balance in vegetables and fruit.
As a result, the nutritional content of the fruits and vegetables sold in the cut form will also change, even reduced compared to fresh fruits and vegetables.
Not only that, some types of vitamins and minerals also cannot stand the heat, so that it can evaporate after fruit and vegetables are cut.
Examples of vitamins that can evaporate quickly are vitamin C.
3. Increase the risk of contamination
Some types of fruits and vegetables have a skin that must be peeled before consumption.
The function of this skin is to protect the flesh of fruits and vegetables from microorganism contamination.
Now, if the fruit and vegetables are sold in a state already cut, then the risk of microorganism contamination will increase.
These microorganisms can come from the cutting process and the temperature at which cut fruits and vegetables are stored before purchase.
Various microorganisms can still be increased even though fruits and vegetables are stored using a closed container and airtight.
Knives, cutting mats, containers used, until the hands of people who cut fruits and vegetables can be a way for microorganisms to move and make contaminated fruits and vegetables.
This is why, it would be better if we buy fresh fruits and vegetables, then just cut it at home, right before it will eat or consume it.
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