The apple season is usually only a few weeks each year in Sweden. News24 have previously written about apples and why they should not be rinsed directly under the tap.
According to Marie-Louise Danielsson-Tham, professor of food hygiene at Örebro University and also known from the TV program “Rent hus”, fruit and vegetables are usually sprayed with contaminated water to make them look fresh in stores.
And just rinsing them off under the faucet won’t remove all of these substances.
Therefore, you should not rinse your apples under the tap
According to a 2017 study published in “Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry” are there more effective ways to get rid of all pesticides.
You can, among other things, put your apples in a water bath with baking powder. Within 15 minutes, the two pesticides tested disappeared, which they did not when the apples were simply rinsed off.
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That’s how you know the apples are Swedish
For those who want Swedish apples but do not grow the apples themselves, there are a few things you can think about in the store, to ensure that the apples are Swedish.
Above all, you should smell the apples. The scent of Swedish apples differs compared to foreign ones.
– The biggest difference is that Swedish apples smell like apples, foreign ones don’t. They have been treated so that they do not produce ethylene, said the cultivation manager Jan Flemming Jensen in an episode of the podcast In the country.
Looking for a Sweden marking and keeping track of which varieties are actually found in Sweden is also a good way.
Keeping track of which varieties are grown in Sweden and which are not is also a good trick.
For those who have an apple tree, it is easier to know that the apples are Swedish. However, the composting process can be a little messy. Apples from the garden must not be thrown into food waste bins, unlike apples from the store.
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Photo: Saga EngfeltThat’s why you should never throw apples away as food waste
Garden apples should instead be thrown away at a recycling center as garden waste.
The waste engineer Frida Nordlund explained to P4 Uppland what the difference between apples and apples is and why one should not be sorted as food waste.
– It’s a bit about where this waste has originated, well, in your garden. Then it should be handled as garden waste, and thus to your recycling center and not in the food waste bin, says Frida Nordlund to P4 Uppland.
Another reason why garden apples should be sorted as garden waste is that it becomes very heavy for those who pick up the food waste. The fall fruit weighs a lot.
– It becomes almost impossible to roll these vessels and sometimes it is completely impossible. So then it becomes the case that you have to hand it in at recycling centers instead. Because the working environment becomes completely unsustainable for those who have to pick up your waste simply, says Frida Nordlund P4 Uppland.
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