Bananas are one of the most imported fruits in our country. They are mainly brought from South America - Chile, Ecuador. Since it takes more than one day to transport the fruits, they are torn off still green, and already under artificial conditions they ripen and turn yellow.
Basically, bananas are delivered to our country by sea, where they are stored in special rooms while maintaining the required temperature.
On the shelves, fruits get in a ripe condition. To do this, use a banana aeration chamber. The 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 consider the benefits and harms of bananas for the body as a whole. We learn what aeration is: its technology and degree of necessity.
The benefits of banana pulp for the body
Let's talk about the benefits of bananas in their raw form. Although recently, as soon as they are not cooked. Bananas are fried, made chips, baked in various ways, but they carry the main value in unprocessed form.
To begin with, we will understand how the pulp itself is useful:
- Due to the content of a large amount of vitamins such as B, E, C in the pulp, 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 with painful syndrome during the menstrual cycle. Potassium helps regulate blood pressure, relieves various swelling, and also normalizes heart rate. Oddly enough, but in terms of potassium content, bananas are second only to blackcurrant.
- If you eat fruit regularly, you can improve the digestive system, which automatically positively affects the condition of the skin.
- Already ripened and even overripe bananas are well absorbed by the body, therefore they are recommended to be used in the postoperative period, as well as during chemotherapy.
- When eating fruit, mood improves, performance increases, and attention is concentrated.
- Fiber, which is in sufficient quantity in a banana, regulates and normalizes the functioning of the intestine.
- Very useful for pregnant and lactating women. Prevents Anemia.
The benefits of banana peel
Oddly enough, but not many of us know that the peel of a banana is no less useful than its flesh. Therefore, so often we throw it away.
So, we will consider what benefits it brings to our body:
- In dried and ground form, the banana peel can be used as an anthelmintic.
- From the peel, you can prepare a tincture of vodka, which helps with arthritis.
- Using a fresh banana peel, you can fight insect bites. Just rubbing the bite with the inside of the skin. It also helps tighten small wounds and cuts. Can be applied to coarsened areas of the skin.
- Not all of us know that the peel of a banana fights warts well. To do this, it must be regularly applied to them.
- People who complex because of the large presence of freckles or age spots on their bodies are advised to rub the skin with a banana peel. It really brightens and refreshes her.
Banana contraindications
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 poison the unripe fruits or suffer from excessive consumption of them:
- Although banana is one of the most hypoallergenic fruits, experts still advise mothers not to give their children up to three years old. In order for the fruit to be better preserved during transport, it undergoes chemical processing. And this can provoke a negative reaction in the baby.
- Unripe fruits contain starch, which is poorly absorbed, which can cause gas formation and bloating.
- Do not get involved in this fruit with thrombophlebitis or varicose veins.
We examined the benefits and harms of bananas on the body, now let's talk about their processing, and how dangerous it is.
What is aeration
Banana carbonation is a process that helps them ripen and persist in the conditions of transportation. Since bananas are ripened unripe, they cannot independently reach the desired condition and can deteriorate after aging in warehouses. They need help. The solution to the problem was the banana aeration. It is she who starts and controls the ripening process.
This procedure boosts fetal development and turns starch into sugar.
Banana Aeration Technology
Bananas, which are transported in ventilated boxes, are placed in aeration chambers. At the first stage, they are heated to +18 ° C, sharply increasing the temperature.
In the next step, 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 oxygen does not enter the chamber. It is ethyl without oxygen that helps the fruit ripen.
The gas flow and its concentration are constantly regulated by a microprocessor stand.
The process of maturity in the fruits starts after a day they are in the chamber.
The supply of bananas at different times of the year, respectively, requires different dosages and temperature conditions for aeration of bananas.
During the transportation of fruits, it is necessary to ensure that they do not freeze, otherwise the irreversible process of rotting will start, and the entire batch can be thrown out.
It is important to use quality equipment for aeration of bananas, otherwise the whole procedure will lose all meaning. This is a quality camera, a good ventilation system, a gas supply device, and a processor that regulates air humidity.
A major role is played by the circulation of air masses. And it, in turn, is impossible without quality equipment.
There are several dosage regimens:
- Four days - accelerated mode.
- Five to one week is normal.
- Seven to eight days is slow.
Which regime is necessary for a particular batch is determined by several factors: the state of the batch, the quality of the fruit, and the number of deliveries to the market.
It is best to carbonate the fruits in slow mode, but this requires more time, and therefore costs, which does not suit all suppliers.
What are the cameras
Banana aeration chambers are divided into three generations:
- The first generation of cameras is perhaps the most obsolete, and they are already used in few places. Their minus is that boxes with fruits must be laid by hand and each individually doused with gas.
- The second generation is already more refined in relation to the previous one. The boxes in them can be installed in two rows, which are tightened with an airtight material into which the gas is launched.
- The third generation - the boxes are stacked in rows along which air coolers are located. The control is fully automated, which simplifies the temperature control.
Today, the cameras of the second and third generation are presented on the markets.
Home aeration
The most harmless and simple technology. This method is suitable if you bought unripe bananas. Many of us put them in the sun or in a warm place and wait for the fruits to ripen. Basically, in such conditions, bananas simply go bad.
In order for the fruit to ripen, pack it in a sealed bag along with ripened apples. The ethylene they produce will help bananas ripen.
The benefits and harms of banana aeration
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 aeration, all fruits undergo a procedure to clean the fruits of gases, but, nevertheless, the impact was and the consequences can not be avoided.
Do not completely abandon this exotic fruit, but it is worth taking precautions. Often fruits that are poorly cleaned from gases are dangerous for allergies. Gas can trigger an allergy attack.
To avoid this, when buying bananas, it is not enough to rinse 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 they can be washed well.