How to preserve snowdrops cut open

April 29, 2023
Every year, at the end of October and the beginning of November, fresh snowdrops are available, so consumers can enjoy the crisp taste and sweet juice of snowdrops. When we eat snow lotus fruit easy to find snow lotus fruit easy to turn black, that do not finish eating snow lotus fruit after cutting how to save it?

Why does the fruit turn black after cutting?

Snow lotus fruit contains a lot of tannins, tannins are polyphenolic substances, oxidized to brown quinones with the participation of oxidase and oxygen, so snow lotus fruit peeled and exposed to the air quickly become black.

How to preserve the fruit after cutting

Soak in clean water

The main purpose of soaking the cut fruit in water is to isolate it from oxygen, slowing down the oxidation process and preventing it from turning black.

Refrigerate

Cover the cut fruit with plastic wrap, preferably to get rid of the excess air, and place the fruit in the refrigerator to keep it cold, so as to isolate some of the oxygen and reduce the temperature and inhibit the browning reaction.

Boiling

If you are not particular about how to cook the fruit, you can boil the cut fruit in boiling water for 5-10 minutes, which will inactivate the browning enzyme through high temperature.

Can you still eat browned snowdrops?

The browning of snow lotus fruit is mainly due to oxidation reaction, the resulting quinones have no special effect on the body and can be eaten. However, the deepening color of snowdrop fruit may affect the appetite, it is best to peel off the outer layer of blackened flesh before consumption.

Why can't snowdrops be packed in iron pots

The tannins in snowdrops are polyphenolic substances, which react chemically with iron to produce black tannin iron, deepening the color of snowdrops and affecting their flavor.
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