Name: Sagar Kale

Roll No.:12107A0031

Vegetable: Bitter guard

Quality Identification-

1)      Good quality bitter gourd fruits should have a fresh appearance and the peel should be of uniform green colour and free from visual defects.

2)      The developing fruit should be firm without excessive seed development, and free of defects such as decay and splitting, both associated with fruit ripening.

3)      When the fruit begins to ripen, the exterior colour changes from green to yellow and the pulp becomes gelatinous and orange-red.

4)       The seed arils also change colour from white-cream to bright red. Among the more than 14 carotenoids identified during the ripening process, the principal carotenoid is cryptoxanthin. Coincident with colour changes, the fruit pulp loses bitterness and becomes sweet.

Price: 1kg- 67 Rs.

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