Nutritionist Teaches You Best Ways to Store Fruits

Fruit is a very common food in life and a source of important nutrients. Nutritionists suggest people to eat more than three kinds of fruits every day. However, most of the fruits easily get rotten and no longer can be eaten. Most people prefer to store all fruits in a refrigerator. This way isn’t suitable for every fruit. Some of them may go bad quickly in the refrigerator. It’s important to learn how to store fruits and prevent waste. Now, let’s read the methods introduced by nutritionists.

How to store apples?

Apples can release ethylene, a kind of ripener. Therefore, we should store apples separately. They will keep for 7 days at normal temperature. If we put them in a refrigerator, they will keep for more than 7 days.

How to store bananas?

Banana is a kind of tropical fruit. So, don’t put them in your refrigerator. Put on a table at normal temperature.

How to store berry fruits?

Blueberry, blackberry, strawberry and raspberry all belong to berry fruits. Don’t wash them. Put them in dry and sealable food storage container directly. Then, put the container into the refrigerator.

How to store citrus fruits?

They are grapefruit, lemon, orange, tangerine, citrus and so on. Put them into the fresh draw of the refrigerator. Or leave them in a string bag and put them in the refrigerator.

How to store cherries or grapes?

Don’t wash them. Put them in a freshness protection package or a sealable food storage container. Seal it and put it into the refrigerator.

How to store melons?

Hami melons and muskmelons should be put into the refrigerator.

Watermelons should be put at a cool and dry place separately.

No matter what kind of melons, if you already cut them off, put the remaining part in the refrigerator.

How to store stone fruits?

Nectarine, wild peach, yellow peach and plum are stone fruits. If they are unripe, put them into a package and seal it. Then, leave them at normal temperature. If they are ripe, put them into the refrigerator.

How to store avocado?

Put unripe avocado at normal temperature. If it ripens, put it in the refrigerator. Read more suggestions about how to store avocado here.

I have introduced different ways to store most of the fruits. Others leave to you to give some suggestions. You can share with us by writing your comments below. Let’s live a healthier life together.