Tropical fruits
Tropical fruits like bananas, mangoes and papaya are often picked and sold when they are not yet ripe. Refrigerating these fruits will inhibit the release of ethylene (the ingredient that helps the fruit to ripen) so that they will not be able to ripen naturally.
In addition, at cold temperatures, tropical fruits are susceptible to frostbite, dark, and possibly even rot on the inside. This contributes to their taste and nutrition, which in turn affects your health.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes
Potatoes and sweet potatoes are very starchy foods, but if stored at low temperatures, the starch in potatoes will decompose, affecting the taste. In addition, the humid environment in the refrigerator creates favorable conditions for the rapid sprouting of potatoes, causing poisoning with symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea.
Therefore, when storing, you should separate potatoes and sweet potatoes, store them in a cool, dry place to extend their shelf life.
Garlic, purple onion
In addition to potatoes, garlic or purple onions should not be stored in the refrigerator as they will quickly mold and sprout. Even when the freezer is removed, the texture and flavor and nutrients of garlic are changed. In addition, these two foods have a strong odor, and if kept in small pieces in the refrigerator, other foods will be affected.
Therefore, the best way to store them is to store them in a dry and well-ventilated place.
Bread
According to experts, storing bread in the refrigerator will cause them to deteriorate 3 times faster than normal temperature. When prolonged storage at low temperature, crystalline starch changes the bread state from soft to hard.
As for bread, we can store it at room temperature and should try to eat it up within its shelf life.
Honey
Honey contains many healthy nutrients. If you want a long shelf life of honey, you absolutely should not put it in the refrigerator. Because the glucose content in honey will quickly crystallize, leading to a change in taste, even metamorphosis when exposed to cold temperatures.
The best way to preserve honey is to put honey in a glass bottle in a cool place and cover tightly to avoid insects like ants.
Chinese traditional medicine
Traditional medicines are often bought in large quantities to color gradually, so many people choose to preserve them in the refrigerator. However, this approach can make the drug quickly mold, degenerate and harmful to health. Oriental medicine no matter how good it is, but if it is stored in the wrong way, you cannot get better, but you can also take it into your body.
Tea and coffee
Some products are dried and dried such as tea, coffee, powdered milk … after processing, have extremely low humidity for microorganisms to not multiply, so just pay attention to the humidity. for a long time. On the contrary, if you keep it in the refrigerator, the tea and coffee will become damp and the smell from other foods will take away the original flavor.