Banana gasification: technology, equipment, impact on he alth

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Bananas are one of the most imported fruits in our country. They are mainly brought from the countries of South America - Chile, Ecuador. Since it takes more than one day to transport fruits, they are plucked while still green, and already in artificial conditions they ripen and turn yellow.

Basically, bananas are delivered to our country by sea, where they are stored in special rooms with the required temperature maintained.

Fruits get on the shelves already ripe. Banana gas chambers are used for this. Fruit is treated with a mixture of nitrogen and ethylene. It is also called "banana gas". It is thanks to her that they ripen, change their density.

In the article, we will consider the benefits and harms of bananas for the body as a whole. Let's find out what gasification is: its technology and the degree of necessity.

Benefits of banana pulp for the body

Let's talk about the benefits of raw bananas. Although lately as soon as they are not prepared. Bananas are fried, made into chips, baked in various ways, but their main value is in their unprocessed form.

First, let's figure out how the pulp itself is useful:

1. Due to the content in the pulp of a large number of vitamins such as B, E, C, the fruit has a good antioxidant effect, strengthens our nervous system, protects it from stress, improves skin condition, making it more elastic. Folic acid, which is also present in the fruit, is very beneficial for women. It helps to endure painful syndrome during the menstrual cycle. Potassium helps to regulate blood pressure, relieves various edema, and also normalizes the heart rhythm. Oddly enough, but in terms of potassium content, bananas are second only to blackcurrants.
2. If you eat fruit regularly, you can improve the functioning of the digestive system, which automatically has a positive effect on the condition of the skin.
3. Already ripe and even overripe bananas are well absorbed by the body, so they are recommended for use in the postoperative period, as well as during chemotherapy.
4. When eating fruit, mood improves, efficiency increases, attention is concentrated.
5. Fiber, which is in sufficient quantity in a banana, regulates and normalizes bowel function.
6. Very useful for pregnant and lactating women. Prevents anemia.

Benefits of peelbanana

Oddly enough, not many of us know that the peel of a banana is no less useful than its pulp. That's why we throw it away so often.

So, consider what benefits it brings to our body:

1. Dried and ground banana peel can be used as an anthelmintic.
2. The peel can be used to prepare a tincture of vodka, which is great for arthritis.
3. With the help of fresh banana peel, you can fight insect bites. Simply by rubbing the bite with the inside of the skin. It also helps to heal small wounds and cuts. Can be applied to rough skin.
4. We don't all know that banana peel is good at fighting warts. To do this, it must be regularly applied to them.
5. People who have complexes due to the large presence of freckles or age spots on their body are recommended to rub the skin with a banana peel. It really brightens and refreshes her.

Contraindications for bananas

Like any other product, bananas, in addition to benefits, can have a negative effect on the body. But here everything is quite simple. You can get poisoned by unripe fruits or suffer from excessive consumption of them:

1. Although the banana is one of the most hypoallergenic fruits, experts still advise mothers not to give bananas to children under three years old. In order for the fruit to be better preserved during transportation, it undergoes chemical treatment. And this can provoke a negative reaction in the baby.
2. Unripe fruits contain starch, which is poorly absorbed,which can cause gas and bloating.
3. Do not get carried away with this fruit with thrombophlebitis or varicose veins.

We looked at the benefits and harms of bananas on the body, now let's talk about their processing, and how dangerous it is.

What is gassing

The gassing of bananas is a process that helps them to ripen and remain in transit. Since bananas are picked unripe, they cannot reach the desired condition on their own and can deteriorate while aging in warehouses. They need help. The solution to the problem was the carbonation of bananas. It is she who starts and controls the ripening process.

This procedure boosts fetal development and converts starch into sugar.

Banana gassing technology

Bananas, which are transported in ventilated boxes, are placed in gas chambers. At the first stage, they are heated up to +18 °С, sharply increasing the temperature.

At the next stage, the insulated chamber is filled with a mixture of nitrogen and ethylene. Where the first substance contains 95%, and the second - 5%. The main thing is that no oxygen enters the chamber. It is ethyl without oxygen that helps the fruit to ripen.

The gas flow and its concentration are constantly regulated by the microprocessor stand.

The process of maturity in the fruits starts after a day of being in the chamber.

The supply of bananas at different times of the year, respectively, requires a different dosage and temperature regime when carbonating bananas.

During the transportation of fruits, care must be taken that they do notfroze, otherwise the irreversible process of their decay will start, and the entire batch can be thrown away.

It is important to use quality equipment for banana gassing, otherwise the whole procedure will lose all meaning. This is a high-quality camera, a good ventilation system, a gas supply device, a processor that regulates air humidity.

The circulation of air masses plays a big role. And it, in turn, is impossible without high-quality equipment.

There are several dosing regimens:

• Four days fast track.
• Five to one week is normal.
• Seven to eight days - slow mode.

Which mode is needed for a particular batch is determined by several factors: the condition of the batch, the quality of the fruits, the number of deliveries to the market.

Slow mode is best to carbonate fruits, but this takes more time and therefore costs, which does not suit all suppliers.

What are the cameras

Banana gassing chambers are divided into three generations:

• The first generation of cameras is perhaps the most outdated, and they are no longer used anywhere. Their downside is that fruit boxes must be stacked by hand and each one should be gassed separately.
• The second generation is already more advanced than the previous one. Boxes in them can be installed in two rows, which are covered with airtight material, inwhich starts the gas.
• Third generation - boxes are stacked in rows along which air coolers are located. The control is fully automatic, making it easy to adjust the temperature.

Second and third generation cameras are currently on the market.

Gasing at home

Maximum harmless and simple technology. This method is suitable if you bought unripe bananas. Many of us lay them out in the sun or in a warm place and wait for the fruits to ripen. Basically, in such conditions, bananas simply spoil.

In order for the fruit to ripen, pack it in a sealed bag along with ripened apples. The ethylene they release will help the bananas ripen.

The benefits and harms of banana gassing

Of course, having considered and roughly understanding what kind of process this is, there is no need to talk about its benefits. But how harmful it is, I would like to know.

Of course, after gassing, all fruits undergo a procedure to clean the fruits from gases, but, nevertheless, the impact was and the consequences cannot be avoided.

Don't give up on this exotic fruit entirely, but take precautions. Often, fruits that are poorly cleaned of gases are dangerous for allergy sufferers. Gas can trigger an allergy attack.

To avoid this, when buying bananas, it is not enough to wash them with or without soda. It is best to send the fruits for an hour in cold water. All excess substances will rise to the surface, and after that theyyou can also rinse well.