What to do to delay the darkening of sliced apples: 5 best products

Apples are very valuable, extremely healthy, and budget-friendly fruits that contain a lot of vitamins and essential trace elements, especially iron. Experts recommend eating apples in the evening, explaining that it is during this period that iron is best absorbed.

It's worth noting that apples can be eaten in any form - baked, added to pies, made into pancakes, cooked into compotes, and made into delicious jams - but they are best eaten raw.

It's worth remembering that apples darken very quickly when cut in contact with air, and to avoid this, you need to do just a few things to help preserve the beautiful, aesthetic appearance of delicious fruit.

5 useful life hacks that will help you keep apples fresh for longer and prevent them from darkening fast were published by INSIDER.

1. Lemon juice

Lemons contain a large amount of citric acid, which can help to completely deactivate the enzyme in apples that causes darkening.

Cut apples into slices, put them in a bag, sprinkle with lemon juice (about 2 to 3 tablespoons per apple), and leave them for a while.

However, keep in mind that lemon juice can make the apples more bitter.

2. Honey water

Honey is an excellent natural preservative. Thanks to a special compound, it deactivates the darkening enzyme in apples.

Experts recommend dissolving 1 to 2 tablespoons of honey in 1 cup of room temperature water and soaking the cut apples in this mixture for 1-5 minutes before rinsing them under cold water.

If you are not ready to eat them right away, put them in a plastic bag and then in the refrigerator overnight and they will stay fresh.

You need to remember that honey can add sweetness to the fruit, depending on how much honey is absorbed or left on the surface.

3. Plain water

Cut the apples, put them in a suitable container, and cover them with plain drinking water. This will help to "save" the fruit from darkening for a very short period of time.

4. Lemon-lime sparkling water

Just squeeze the juice from lemon and lime and dilute it in sparkling water. Cut apples, pour this water over them, leave for 3-6 minutes, and then rinse with clean water.

This method will help preserve the color and freshness of apples for several hours even at room temperature.

5. Salt water

Sodium is a natural preservative that can keep oxygen on the surface of apple slices. All you need to do is mix 1/3 teaspoon of table salt with 1 glass of water and soak the apples for at least 8-10 minutes. Rinse the fruit well before eating.