A fresh fruit salad was made with the following fruits: oranges, bananas, pears, split red seedless grapes, and raspberries. List the order in which the fruits were cut, first to last, and indicate why the fruits were cut up in this order.

Question

What will be an ideal response?

Answer 1

See section 14-3. Answer should place the fruits in the following order: oranges, split grapes, pears, bananas, and then raspberries. The reasoning should go back to the factors that cause enzymatic browning.• Oranges should be first because they create large amounts of acidic juice with natural antioxidants.• Grapes should be next because they are dark in color and have a limited amount of cut surface because of the peel remaining on the grape. They should not show the browning as much as the whiter or lighter fruits.• Pears should go in next and should be left with the peel intact. They are firm and there should be enough juices generated to cover them with the natural antioxidants and sugars in the orange juice.• Bananas and raspberries should be added last. The bananas should be sliced and placed across the top and then the raspberries added. The bananas should not soak in juice because they become slimy in texture and the raspberries are too fragile to withstand the weight if mixed into the fruit mixture.