5 Secrets How Supermarkets Keep Produce Fresh for a Month

Fresh food sold in supermarkets such as fruit, vegetables, and meat isn't always as fresh as you might think. Advancements in technology mean that the meat that looks so juicy and moist could have been butchered 20 days ago. The shiny red apples might have been in storage for more than a month.

The thing is how they keep the food preserve for about a month and it still looks right out of the farm. If you are also wondering to know some tricks and tips keep reading. Here are 5 secret techniques on how to keep the food stored for up to a month.

1. Cool, Dry Place:

To keep your veggies and fruit preserved a cool and dry place will be the most suitable. Certain items like bananas, tomatoes, potatoes, lemons, mushrooms, eggplants, potatoes and limes store well in any kind of modular cold rooms. All these veggies and fruits are kept in cold rooms because they could not be exposed to sunlight or else they will become inedible.

2. Use Fridge:

Almost all of the fruits and veggies can be stored in the refrigerator. But need to follow some guidelines to store all of them in s fridge. You need to store your apples in the fridge because they soften ten times faster at room temperature. Plastic bags with tiny holes are very useful to keep the freshness longer by releasing moisture. They are great for grapes, blueberries, cherries, or strawberries. Asparagus also can be stored in the refrigerator, wrapped with a wet paper towel.

3. Freezer: 

Freezing is a fast and convenient way to preserve at their peak maturity and nutritional quality. The freezer is also a great storage option for bread and uncooked meats. Keep the cheese also in the freezer but make sure that Cheese shouldn't be tightly wrapped in plastic or tin foil. The best way for it is to store cheese by carefully wrapping it in cheese paper and then placing it in an unsealed plastic bag.

4. Canning: 

Canning is an important and the safest method of food preservation if practiced properly. It is widely used by many markets to keep the product safe. The vacuum seal prevents air from getting back into the product bringing with it bacteria to spoil the food. With canning, you can process anything like meat, vegetables, fruit, fish, and dessert. Make sure the jars and lids must be sterilized first, by boiling for a few minutes.

5. Dehydrating:

The fifth trick is dehydration of food. Dehydration or also known as drying of foods has long been practiced commercially in the production of various products. Almost everything can be dehydrated. Once the food was dried or dehydrated, the meat and fish were just wrapped together, tied up with a string and stored in a warehouse. Wherever you are going to store your dried food, you must consider that the food is free from insects; and be sure they have plenty of air.

Using these techniques you can keep your product preserved for almost a month along with the rest of your groceries. Make sure to put each product in a separate compartment.