Clever food storage hack keeps bananas bright yellow and edible for 15 days
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Food storage hacks are a brilliant way to reduce waste - but when it comes to bananas - it often feels like a losing game. Many of us keep the curved, yellow fruits in a bowl on our kitchen counters or tables, only to watch them spoil within days. Indeed, it's not unusual for the skin to start turning brown and spotty, and the inside to become mushy, just three days after purchase.
However, experts at Kitchen Tips Online claim that by making one simple change to how you store bananas, you can slow down this process significantly. They suggest that their easy method could keep bananas at the perfect stage of ripeness for up to 15 days.
In a video shared on their popular YouTube channel, Mike from Kitchen Tips Online showed the results of a home experiment. The food storage enthusiast bought two bunches of bananas from the same supermarket shelf. After bringing them home, he placed one bunch on his kitchen counter and the other in an airtight container, also on his kitchen counter.
He added something called ethylene absorption balls to the container bunch. These clever devices work by interacting with ethylene gas, a natural substance produced in the stem of bananas, reports the Express. This gas spreads to the rest of the fruit over time, aiding the ripening process, which is often accelerated when bananas are separated from their bunch by the firm stem.
