Can’t you eat the kiwi fruit after you get it home but it’s hard? Don't worry! As long as kiwis are packed in the same bag with apples or bananas, they will soften and become sweeter at room temperature in 2-3 days. Nutritionists also recommend eating it with the skin on to increase fiber intake. It is a good fruit with low GI and good for gastrointestinal health.

How to speed up the ripening and softening of kiwi fruit?

We often find that kiwi fruits are still very hard for several days after we buy them home. Hard kiwi fruits will taste very sour. When they are ripe and soft, the acidity will drop significantly, turning into sweet and slightly sour, or even less sour, making it easy to eat.

How can we speed up its maturation and softening? According to a report by the Japanese daily life and family affairs website "grape", if the kiwi fruit has been hard and difficult to eat, there is a practical trick to speed up the ripening and softening of the kiwi fruit. Japan's Zespri company shared that if you want to eat them as soon as possible, you can prepare apples or bananas, put the kiwi fruits and apples or bananas together in the same plastic bag, and leave them at room temperature for 2-3 days. Apples and bananas release ethylene, which speeds up the ripening of kiwi fruits.

Remember to check the hardness of the kiwi fruit every day. If it has begun to soften and become edible, store it in the refrigerator, otherwise it will become overripe and too soft and rotten.

The reason why kiwi fruits can become soft and sweet relatively quickly is because the ethylene released by apples and bananas can promote the growth of vegetables and fruits, help seeds germinate, and promote fruit ripening. Ethylene continues to be released from the fruit even after it is picked, so the ethylene released by apples and bananas helps kiwi fruits ripen faster.

A small kiwi fruit is rich in more than 20 kinds of nutrients.

Kiwi fruit has high nutritional value and low calories. It contains dietary fiber, kiwi enzymes, vitamin C, folic acid, potassium, calcium, sodium and other minerals. The small kiwi fruit is rich in more than 20 kinds of nutrients. It is one of the fruits with the most research support to help gastrointestinal health. It is especially rich in water-soluble fiber and has low abdominal sensitivity, which can prevent constipation and digestive discomfort.

Xu Jiajing, a nutritionist at Renai Hospital in Dali, once pointed out in an interview that if you eat it with the skin, it will increase your nutritional intake. The fiber is twice as much as the pulp. If you want to eat the kiwi fruit with the skin, you can choose golden kiwi fruit. Its skin is smooth and has almost no hairs. Wash it and eat it with the skin, which adds nutritional value.

Eating one kiwi fruit a day can provide enough vitamin C; in addition, kiwi fruit is a low-GI (glycemic index) fruit and has less impact on blood sugar fluctuations. Eating it before a meal can help stabilize blood sugar after a meal and increase the feeling of satiety.