Sentences with phrase «like ethylene gas»

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More moisture also means more gases, like ethylene, which speed up ripening and spoilage in fruits and vegetables.

The sad truth about many, mass - produced olives we come across is that they are picked before they are ripe and softened with chemicals (much like how many out - of - season tomatoes are picked green for safe transport and later exposed to ethylene gas to ripen).

C. Fruits and vegetables should never be stored together because certain fruits, like apples (not Fuji or granny smith) and bananas, give off ethylene gas which causes the ripening process to quicken.