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  • Опубликовано: 17 сен 2024
  • Looking at bananas, Jimmy Doherty looks at science to check what substance is the most effective to help fruit ripen faster.
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    Jimmy's Food Factory, Series 1
    Instant coffee, processed cheese, square sandwich ham - behind every supermarket product is a process and behind every process is a scientific breakthrough. In this entertaining and thought-provoking programme, farmer and TV personality Jimmy Doherty unpacks the science behind the food items we buy every day - from stay-fresh bread to soft scoop ice cream. Working from a makeshift science lab inside a barn, Jimmy carries out experiments to uncover the secrets of food technology. Exploding myths and revealing the little-known processes of food production, Jimmy's Food Factory will change the way you think about food.
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Комментарии • 91

  • @ritchiehenshaw9075
    @ritchiehenshaw9075 6 лет назад +35

    "Pure gas"
    *Adds 5% Ethylene*

  • @mr_rossi3312
    @mr_rossi3312 5 лет назад +23

    To ripen bananas properly you need to stabilise the temperature to around 16 degrees for 1 day then introduce ethylene for 22 hours at 900 ppms. Then you need to adjust the temperature over the next 3 days according to colour you want and reduce temperature to around 13 degrees. Then you will have the perfect colour and temperature. 😀😀😀

    • @BananaMan311
      @BananaMan311 2 года назад

      Depending on the source country and softness of pulps

    • @mr_rossi3312
      @mr_rossi3312 2 года назад +3

      @@BananaMan311 I've been ripening bananas for 35 years from all over the world . I can ripen them in as little 72 hours or as long as 20 days . I am the best in the uk 🇬🇧.

    • @boerandemo7766
      @boerandemo7766 2 года назад

      @@mr_rossi3312 I want to start ripening bananas for sell, is it a profitable business? And how do I get them to ripen fast enough to meet demand from customers

    • @mr_rossi3312
      @mr_rossi3312 2 года назад

      @@boerandemo7766 you need a few million to build banana ripening centre. I ripen 100 000 boxes a week

    • @mattmartinez8595
      @mattmartinez8595 Год назад

      @@mr_rossi3312 isn't the ethylene bad? I reckon it's best to just let bananas ripen naturally yeah? Curious to hear your thoughts on tjhis

  • @JonSebastianF
    @JonSebastianF 6 лет назад +14

    I couldn't tell the difference at the end, at all :P

  • @ky5069
    @ky5069 6 лет назад +11

    Using ethilene is bad enough, but am I the only one who is disgusted by the use of petrol fumes to rippen fruit? How can he say that they ready to head to the supermarket?! This is batshit crazy.

  • @mogur00
    @mogur00 6 лет назад +7

    should have left the first bunch (with apples) exposed to the open air. Sealing them off like that is surely going to slow down ripening

  • @a.schwizz3537
    @a.schwizz3537 6 лет назад +17

    I work at a grocry store and we just put the product out so idk about all this

    • @ntt2k
      @ntt2k 6 лет назад +5

      It happens at the distributor's warehouse .. the place where the truck picks it up to deliver to the grocery store

  • @mueffe1357
    @mueffe1357 6 лет назад +4

    Last time they used calcium carbide and thanks for the intro song, I'm sure it's going to stuck in my head for days.

  • @TehGodLord
    @TehGodLord 6 лет назад +8

    What a load of tosh. Put the bananas next to each other so WE can decide

  • @oberynwankenobi441
    @oberynwankenobi441 6 лет назад +6

    I like this guy.
    Where can I find more of his stuff?

  • @anthonyonisiforou8441
    @anthonyonisiforou8441 6 лет назад +11

    Googly eyes barrel cap 🙄 0:09

  • @Aska222
    @Aska222 6 лет назад +3

    Lmao and i still see green bananas at some supermakets

  • @crocshock911
    @crocshock911 6 лет назад +4

    You need to fire whoever titles these videos. They never have an accurate title

  • @anupam6192
    @anupam6192 6 лет назад +6

    good to know i guess ..

  • @robinurwahyudi1922
    @robinurwahyudi1922 3 года назад +1

    After I watched the video, I was interested to learn what techniques and ingredients to ripen the correct Cavendis banana ..?

  • @Yathuprem
    @Yathuprem 6 лет назад +9

    WHy ethylene make it ripe ?

    • @lilli1465
      @lilli1465 4 года назад +2

      Yathu prem Ethylene is a hormone found in fruit that makes it ripen. Adding more of it, would help it ripen even faster.

    • @nutritionandphysiology8023
      @nutritionandphysiology8023 4 года назад

      Cuz it do

    • @DineshKumar-zg9qc
      @DineshKumar-zg9qc Год назад

      Its a growth regulator

  • @alidaboettcher7376
    @alidaboettcher7376 6 лет назад +2

    Our house is very cold in winter. Nothing gets ripe.

  • @Chrisallengallery
    @Chrisallengallery 6 лет назад +6

    I hate ripe bananas. I like them mostly green but it's sometimes hard to find them.

  • @thany3
    @thany3 6 лет назад +3

    But do they taste as good as naturally ripened bananas?...

    • @walakasyakban2489
      @walakasyakban2489 4 года назад

      Depend on how old it picked, if it close to ripe the taste good as natural ripening after it gased by ethylene

  • @BlakieTT
    @BlakieTT 6 лет назад +9

    I bet I know the answer:
    *G A S E S* :>

  • @ChillinLikeBobDyllan
    @ChillinLikeBobDyllan 6 лет назад +2

    I like my bananas tasty and rotten 😋😊

  • @DJAsHeRMusic
    @DJAsHeRMusic 6 лет назад +1

    What about UV light like grow lamp?

  • @decoyboy483
    @decoyboy483 6 лет назад +1

    A side of exhaust with your bananas?

  • @yasser5846
    @yasser5846 6 лет назад +1

    Amazing

  • @johnnywadd3020
    @johnnywadd3020 2 года назад +1

    yoo eat it

  • @happymolecule8894
    @happymolecule8894 6 лет назад +8

    Green bananas ARE the most delicious, tho

    • @Reachermordacai
      @Reachermordacai 6 лет назад +3

      I find them a bit bitter. I like bananas to be yellow and sweet.

    • @Aska222
      @Aska222 6 лет назад +4

      Icynibba no they are not . And also they are pretty hard . Whilst yellow are softer

    • @jamesshepherd5805
      @jamesshepherd5805 6 лет назад +1

      Eat the peel too, really nice

  • @jocskaalex
    @jocskaalex 3 месяца назад

    Most places it is already sold GREEN.

  • @myspace1876
    @myspace1876 2 года назад

    Only ordinary smoke is needed.

  • @MauroTamm
    @MauroTamm 6 лет назад +1

    I use bananas to ripen other fruits.

  • @ImranAnsari-uh7ng
    @ImranAnsari-uh7ng 3 года назад +3

    Are these bananas safe to eat?

  • @TheJcb630
    @TheJcb630 6 лет назад +1

    Bring back Greg!

  • @YoyoHony-fu8xm
    @YoyoHony-fu8xm Месяц назад

    Every one of them have yellow light on it so it's difficult to differentiate

  • @robinurwahyudi1922
    @robinurwahyudi1922 3 года назад

    Can I learn how to ripen bananas so that they yellow quickly and last a long time like the one in the video?

  • @robinurwahyudi1922
    @robinurwahyudi1922 3 года назад

    Hallo..
    I am from Indonesia..🙏

  • @bedwardlid618
    @bedwardlid618 6 лет назад +2

    So is that a bad thing or wha?

  • @kedarnath3004
    @kedarnath3004 Год назад

    ❤❤

  • @leadrevolver
    @leadrevolver 6 лет назад

    The DSP theme song

  • @greatflower8424
    @greatflower8424 3 года назад

    nice video

  • @galihramadhan4392
    @galihramadhan4392 4 года назад +1

    Mantap nuhun brad

  • @fidelcatsro6948
    @fidelcatsro6948 6 лет назад +1

    we love green bananas

  • @maxwellaerotech3659
    @maxwellaerotech3659 Год назад

    ethyelen gas fiiling machine :- ruclips.net/video/Ea_sz5peH9k/видео.html

  • @Mwhbmnabjms
    @Mwhbmnabjms 2 года назад

    Just use calcium carbide

  • @kelvinjaymalapitan4492
    @kelvinjaymalapitan4492 4 года назад

    CaC2

  • @The-Atomic-Gamer
    @The-Atomic-Gamer 6 лет назад +1

    They paint them. :)

  • @carseuropeangunskorean752
    @carseuropeangunskorean752 5 лет назад +1

    Dr Sebi

  • @llpBR
    @llpBR 6 лет назад

    You can also wrap them in newspapers...

  • @DeborahFishburn
    @DeborahFishburn 6 лет назад +1

    Shame you didn't try including already ripe bananas in one barrel, to see what impact they had.

  • @ilomuhammad7482
    @ilomuhammad7482 6 лет назад +2

    Mantap jiwa pak eko

  • @diesel92kj1
    @diesel92kj1 6 лет назад +16

    Why would you want to buy yellow Bananas ?

    • @anthonyonisiforou8441
      @anthonyonisiforou8441 6 лет назад +18

      Because that's what the majority of people eat?

    • @nickmuscat2913
      @nickmuscat2913 6 лет назад +2

      Anthony Onisiforou Exactly...

    • @garethlawton5278
      @garethlawton5278 6 лет назад +4

      Because most people want ripe bananas and not have to wait to eat them?

    • @diesel92kj1
      @diesel92kj1 6 лет назад +1

      You don't buy them Yellow they will be out of date in a few days green Bananas taste the same and last ages! The reason they are picked green is because they can be eaten green lol.

    • @garethlawton5278
      @garethlawton5278 6 лет назад

      What if you eat a bunch in two days?

  • @eldoritos5893
    @eldoritos5893 4 года назад

    Hello Mr Reuters class, We all know why youre here

  • @muhammedshifatshahriar1626
    @muhammedshifatshahriar1626 6 лет назад +7

    green bananas have the best taste.

    • @gorillanobaka9772
      @gorillanobaka9772 6 лет назад

      hehe heheh

    • @anothergol
      @anothergol 6 лет назад

      So you're actually advising people to eat bananas when they're green & have no taste, for the reason that *other* kinds of bananas only found in foreign countries can be eaten green?
      Oh, and google-image ANY of the species in your list, for the fun of it. Your screen will be filled with yellow. But maybe you just don't like bananas. I love my bananas pretty much 2 days before they can be considered rotten.

    • @gorillanobaka9772
      @gorillanobaka9772 6 лет назад

      Oh dear, one of those... Nobody is advising people to eat green ,unripe raw bananas.YOUR BANANAS ,the one you can buy in your local supermarket might not have any taste when green but there are lots of other bananas out there that taste perfectly sweet and are amazingly flavored when they are green. I know it's hard to believe but there is a whole world out there full of wonderful things. Seriously, screw the bananas, there are myriads of other fruits of tropical and subtropical origin out there that taste amazing. You might wanna try traveling a bit.

    • @anothergol
      @anothergol 6 лет назад

      No no, you wrote "But try to explain that to people who only ate or seen the regular Cavendish" in a condescending post. What was your point exactly? That people are stupid until they have travelled & eaten a good green banana?
      As for "the market" & the reason we mostly have the "same" bananas, it might be other problems than taste. Remember that the market had flipped from Gros Michel to Cavendish & that was not for taste reasons.
      Besides, I'm pretty sure all of the babanas I buy are Cavendish, yet they don't all have the same taste, far from it. Some of these Cavendish have approached the taste of banana candy, which I once totally found in some small banana (I thought that was how the Gros Michel was supposed to taste? If that's so, I guess it's not unique to it).

    • @gorillanobaka9772
      @gorillanobaka9772 6 лет назад

      Dude...You're really smart. THAT WAS EXACTLY MY POINT!! CONGRATS!!

  • @kstop3873
    @kstop3873 Год назад

    😍😍

  • @ziomel105
    @ziomel105 6 лет назад

    It is such pointless test you could just ask somebody who worked at food warehouse how they are really ripen. Truth to be told there is no secret to that, those are just kept in special part of warehouse where it is warm and very humid thats all at least that is what Chiquita does and they are probably largest manufacturer on the market.

    • @mangamike6855
      @mangamike6855 11 месяцев назад

      Buddy this process is done when it leaves Chiquita. Not st Chiquita

  • @nigga4615
    @nigga4615 Год назад

    Heisinberg Vibes