A simple trick using a common kitchen item can stop bananas from going brown too quickly by slowing the natural ripening gas ...

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Many ethylene producers are also sensitive to the hormone — they produce it to trigger their own ripening process. Carrots, broccoli, greens and cucumbers are ethylene-sensitive examples that do ...

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Leiden researchers have discovered an enzyme that helps bacteria feed on everyday plastics. This common enzyme could play a ...

With Ball's fruit protector, you can keep fruits and veggies brown-free for up to eight hours, which is super handy for meal preppers. The food preservative mixes antioxidants and vitamin C, but you ...

Ethylene gas: Fruits produce a natural gas called ethylene, which Brady said acts as a ripening hormone. Some fruits — like apples, bananas, melons and tomatoes — produce more ethylene ...

Since avocados produce ethylene gas, surrounding the fruit with ethylene-rich air may further increase its ethylene production and speed up the ripening process.

Summer produce includes blueberries, strawberries, gooseberries, raspberries, cherries, cucumbers, cauliflower, zucchini and ...

Global ethylene capacity grew in 2012 at about the same pace as in 2011, and in both years capacity grew more slowly than the prior 3 years, according to the latest Oil & Gas Journal's survey of ...