The pre-holiday "Nian Guo" market is full of dazzling and diverse varieties, with the largest supply of citrus fruits. After a large number of citrus are listed, the quality is uneven, one of which has a special appearance and color, which is called high-quality citrus by some dealers, and these oranges are either marked with African oranges and imported citrus, or named excellent oranges, black oranges, etc.
Jiang Fei, director of the Shanghai Citrus Research Institute and senior agronomist, reminded that the skin appears irregular black color, non-oily shiny, uniform orange yellow or orange red color, lack of moisture, peeled off some of the flesh stiff citrus, belongs to the inferior, inferior citrus, not some dealers boast of superior products, imported citrus. When the public sees this kind of citrus in appearance and taste, please buy it carefully and be careful of being deceived.
Above: Citrus affected by rusty ticks
Recently, when the reporter interviewed the festival fruit market, he found that some fruit shops along Zhaozhou Road, Ningbo Road and Guangdong Road were selling a kind of citrus with a dry appearance, seemingly lacking water, and the color was obviously darker than ordinary citrus. Some dealers say that this is their special introduction of imported citrus before the festival, there are also dealers who say that this is African citrus, some dealers in front of this type of citrus OEM premium citrus, orange, etc., retail most of them are more than 10 yuan a pound, or even 20 yuan a pound, more expensive than ordinary citrus.
After the reporter inquired on the Internet, he found that some dealers on the Internet beautified the citrus with the above characteristics into a special product of a certain place, and even called it a high-quality brand-name citrus produced in the plateau area. Some dealers have typed words such as "the uglier the sweeter" on the advertisement.
Above: Citrus affected by rusty ticks
After identification, Jiang Fei believes:
The vast majority of citrus in this color, appearance and taste belong to the citrus that has been selected and listed as inferior by orange farmers, and is not a high-quality brand citrus. This citrus field sells very cheaply, and orange farmers generally sell it to dealers at very low wholesale prices. ”
It is reported that citrus has the above characteristics, because in the planting process appeared rust tick mites, mites mouthparts pierced the citrus skin, sucked off the epidermis juice, making the citrus epidermis black, hard caused, thereby affecting the epidermis to protect the pulp, affecting the quality of the pulp and the original flavor of the pulp, the flesh or become sour or sweet.
However, Jiang Fei stressed:
Citrus affected by rusty ticks can still be eaten without food safety. It is necessary to remind the public that they should be careful of being deceived by unscrupulous vendors and buy back inferior citrus with low cost performance. ”
Title: On the left are citrus affected by rusty ticks, and on the right are normally grown citrus
Source: Thoughtful Shanghai