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Bananas have become for many of us the most popular and familiar living a food product, especially since there is a lot of talk about their benefits, not only about tasty and nutritious pulp, but even about banana peel.
However, this overseas fruit is not as harmless as it seems. it can be compared with a watermelon, which Russian person to choose, for example, I’m used to it not only by maturity, but also by the availability of pesticides and other “additives” in this favorite berry.
Bananas, as it turned out, also need to be able to choose, especially since unlike the same watermelon, this product has markings, indicating the technology of its production. For example, when buying bananas should pay attention to the stickers that are placed here far from for beauty, although they perform a certain aesthetic role. But their main task is information, and you need to know since the label indicates important product data.
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The most popular code that can be seen on such a sticker (see photo below – code # 4011) consists of four digits, starting with 3 or 4. This means that bananas are grown using fertilizers and pesticides (by intensive technology). Such bananas can be eaten, but it’s better not to get involved in them, that is, not should eat them every day.
If you see a five-digit code on the sticker, then pay again attention to his first figure. 9 in this case means that bananas are grown in the traditional way, that is, without application fertilizers and pesticides (using organic technology). Such kosher Bananas can be eaten a lot and at least every day.
But if you see the number 8 at the beginning of the five-digit code, then in no case should you buy such bananas. This is a GMO product. Although some people quite seriously believe that genetically modified products are harmless. Well, by faith you have been given will be…
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