Fruits and vegetables cannot be stored together

The obvious fact is, a rotten apple will ruin the basket of apples. However, do you know, even a fresh apple when ripe can damage a watermelon stored right next to it? This is just one example of certain vegetables, fruits and vegetables that can cause other vegetables and tubers to spoil quickly, causing significant damage to housewives.

According to experts, proper storage of vegetables, fruits and vegetables together will make them fresh longer, while saving consumers up to millions every year due to limited amount of food to be discarded because rotten. This is because certain vegetables, tubers, and fruits produce ethylene gas during ripening, which can reduce the life of "neighbors" in the basket or fruit compartment.

Properly storing fruits and vegetables will make them fresher.

Experts from the British Sainsbury supermarket system have compiled a statistic table of vegetables, tubers, and fruits that can be stored together and the best vegetables and tubers should be stored separately:

Paul Crewe, a Sainsbury spokesman, said: "Our guide is to show where you are, each other's enemies in popular vegetables and fruits. For example, apples and watermelons are long-time enemies of each other, while bananas do not "live" in harmony with other fruits and vegetables, and should be stored separately, but the cherries are immune to the negative effects of ethylene gas due to the Other types of vegetables, tubers, and fruits produce so they can be preserved with many other types. "

Basically, fruits such as apples, pears, peaches, bananas, kiwi, mangoes, apricots and plums produce ethylene gas at the start of ripening, resulting in changes in texture, softness and color.

Potatoes and sweet potatoes should be stored in a cool place, away from such fruits to prevent early germination. Other vegetables and tubers, especially sensitive to ethylene gas are asparagus, cauliflower, carrot, lettuce and pea.

Meanwhile, cherries and blueberries do not produce much ethylene gas, so it does not affect other vegetables and fruits during ripening.

Grapes and berries also need to be stored in the refrigerator compartment as soon as they are purchased.

To extend the life of the food, experts also recommend that you store carrots, beets and yellow radish in the refrigerator. Grapes and berries also need to be stored in the refrigerator compartment as soon as they are purchased. Garlic and onions all like shady places.

With vegetables, tubers, and fruits, each of you , tomatoes and plums can be stored together in the refrigerator, but should be brought to room temperature before eating to have the best taste. Nectarines, peaches and pears should be stored at room temperature to make them sweeter, as the preservation and storage in the refrigerator loses their flavor. "Quartet" cucumber, chilli, broccoli and cauliflower can live in harmony with each other in the refrigerator, but should be kept away from ethylene exhaust gases.

With each other's enemies, vegetables and fruits , apples and watermelons love a cool environment in the fridge, but ethylene gas makes watermelons porous and spongy. Meanwhile, while onions produce small amounts of ethylene, potatoes are susceptible to the smell of onions if stored in the same place. Bananas always need to be stored separately, as it causes all vegetables, tubers, and other fruits to ripen and deteriorate quickly due to the large amount of ethylene produced.