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PeterStuer on Oct 10, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: California bans sell-by dates

It's not a failure. They use treatments to make the fruit look fresh and shiny even when it is near gone.

getwiththeprog on Oct 10, 2024 [–]

Supermarkets also use ethylene to ripen many fruits (such as bananas) just before they put it out. It is so they can be picked green (unripe) to ship.

Arch-TK on Oct 10, 2024 | [–]

With bananas this is fine, they can ripen at home. It's the limes, pineapples, and other fruit which don't ripen after picking which are the problem.

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