Why is there gray jujube? Five tips make it easy for you to tell the true from the false!

Grey jujube, also known as Xinzheng gray jujube, because the surface is gray, looks like hanging a layer of frost, sweeter than red jujube, and nuclear small meat, so it is very popular with people, then why gray jujube? How can you tell the true from the false?

1. Introduction of grey jujube:

1. What kind of jujube is the grey jujube?

Gray jujube is a kind of red jujube, which is not made artificially, but because it is attacked by wind and sand all the year round, and there is a layer of gray sand on the surface of the jujube when it is ripe.

2. What does gray jujube look like?

Grey jujube fruit long Obovate, carcass slightly thin, slightly askew. The average fruit weight is 12.3 grams and the maximum fruit weight is 13.3 grams. Fruit shoulders rounded, slender, slightly shrugged. The stalk depression is small and medium-deep. The apex of the fruit is broadly round and the apex is slightly concave. The fruit noodles are smooth. The pericarp is orange-red, changes from green to gray before white ripening stage, and from gray to white before white ripening stage. This kind of ash is similar to the ash of dried persimmons, mostly sugar, so you can rest assured to use it.

3. Where is the gray jujube distributed?

The main producing areas of grey jujube are Ruoqiang County, Bazhou area, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous region, Alar City, Aksu Prefecture, and so on. In recent years, the output of gray jujube in Alar has been increasing year by year.

Second, why there is gray jujube?

Gray jujube got its name because Ruoqiang jujube was gray all over the body before it matured and turned red, as if it had hung a layer of frost, so it got its name "gray jujube". It changes from gray to white when it enters the white ripening stage. This kind of ash is similar to the ash of dried persimmons, mostly sugar, so you can rest assured to use it.

Third, can the ash on the jujube be eaten?

There will be some gray soil on the jujube, some are white, some are green, normal. It's near the desert over there, and it seldom rains. The dust is usually washed away with water and will not be washed clean. When there is no soil to eat, you need to be careful, wash carefully, it may be handled.

Fourth, how to distinguish between real and false dates?

1, look at the appearance: even if the authentic Ruoqiang gray jujube is very dry, the surface is still glossy, the epidermis of the jujube is not deep, most of the jujube body is oval, individual jujube is long, the jujube is uniform, there is no phenomenon of size and head. Soak Ruoqiang gray jujube in water or boil soup, even if the jujube is very full after absorbing water, the jujube meat will not break its skin basically, because the jujube skin is also more resilient! If the appearance of the dates you buy can't meet this requirement, it's probably other kinds of dates.

2. Taste: the bite of authentic Ruoqiang gray jujube is very sweet and sticky. Because of its high sugar content and various minerals and trace elements, the jujube has a slight adhesion in one bite (the semi-dried jujube is the most obvious, the whole dried jujube is not very obvious). And it tastes good, only sweet, not sour. The skin of Ruoqiang gray jujube is more resilient, but it does not occupy the sense of taste buds in the process of eating, so it is obvious that it is jujube meat, not jujube skin.

3. Look at the jujube core: this is the most important place to distinguish the authentic Ruoqiang gray jujube. 100% of the authentic Ruoqiang jujube is slender or fusiform, and some gray jujubes are grafted from the branches cut from the Ruoqiang tree. the quality of the grafted jujube is different, and the corresponding quality is different.

4. Look at the price: if the general purchase price of farmers in Qiang producing areas is about 100.18 yuan (currency), plus the costs of classification, screening, packaging and so on, it will not be less than 25 yuan per kilogram on the market. 100% of the "Ruoqiang gray dates" that are lower than this kind of price are fake.

5. Look at the packaging: if the Qiang county government has specially applied for geographical indication certification, whether online or offline, those who use the name "Ruoqiang red jujube" in publicity must be confirmed in writing by the county red jujube association, otherwise it is a fake.

To sum up, the ash above the jujube can be eaten with water, but because there are fake dates on the market, try to look at the appearance and taste when buying, so as to ensure that you can buy the real jujube.