How to judge whether jackfruit is ripe

Jackfruit is a tropical fruit with good nutritional value. For northerners, with the convenience of logistics in recent years, they can often eat these tropical fruits. When choosing jackfruit, you must learn some adjustment methods, such as smelling the odor and looking at the color to feel whether the jackfruit is ripe. Let’s take a brief look at how to judge whether the jackfruit is ripe. Let’s take a look.

How to tell if jackfruit is ripe

1. Smell the jackfruit to see if there is any fragrance, then press the skin to see if it is soft. If the skin is very soft and has a strong fragrance, it means the jackfruit is ripe.

2. Look at the color. The shell of a ripe jackfruit is golden yellow, while the shell of an unripe jackfruit is green.

3. The thorns on the skin of a mature jackfruit are relatively soft, and the tips will slightly shrink, while the thorns on the skin of an unripe jackfruit are relatively sharp.

How to choose jackfruit

The first step is to observe the color. Mature jackfruit is generally golden in color. If the jackfruit is not fully ripe, it will be a little green. When it reaches maturity, the size will not change much, but the color will change to golden yellow. Green jackfruits are also available for purchase, but they need to be mature in size. After buying it, leave it for three or two days and it will slowly mature and turn yellow.

The second step is to observe the skin. The skin of high-quality jackfruit is intact, with many sharp "nails" or "thorns" on it. If there is a little black stuff on the skin when you buy it, don't worry, it is normal and a normal phenomenon for mature jackfruit. If the jackfruit you buy has many small black spots or is in pieces, don't buy it. It may be rotten inside.

The third step is to look at the size. This step does not mean to look at the size of the jackfruit. It means looking at the size of the "nails" on the epidermis. If it is a mature jackfruit, the "nails" on its skin will be more low-key and conservative, a little softer, and it will also have a dry and diamond-like feeling, so you can tell which ones are mature or not from the appearance, which is a very important step.

Step 4: Smell. Ripe jackfruit will have a stronger fragrance and cracks on the skin. Such jackfruit is the most mature and tastes better.

Step 5: Taste. After peeling the jackfruit, in addition to smelling a strong fragrance, you will see jackfruits at the cut. It depends on the person, but you should be careful when eating it if it is rotten after being cut. Stop eating if necessary.