Should fruits be refrigerated?

Question

I just bought apples and bananas among other fruits. I dont want them to get rotten. Now, when I went to Vons they were not refrigerated but maybe you have a different opinion. Thanks.

Answer 1

I don't refrigerate bananas, but I do apples since I like them cold. But it doesn't really matter, but they might keep longer if you put them in the fridge!

Answer 2

Yes, fruits should be refridgerated to make them last longer. The reason is that bacteria and other things that rot the fruits will not grow well under cold temperatures.  

Answer 3

They taste better cold, plus they will last longer.

Answer 4

Charles is right in a way but never refrigerate bananas they will not ripen. if you think they are ripe enough then fine leave them in, but they will stay the way they are until they rot. As for apples they taste much better very cold.

Answer 5

fruit start decaying from the time they are picked. so you should eat them straight away. as a chef i find fruit has more flavour @ room temp, but we think it tastes better cold because of the temperature sensation we feel at the time. think how delicous strawberries or cherry tomatos taste when you grab them in the garden, then try imagining a frozen peice of mango & how the flavour is masked by the temperature. but it comes down to personal preference, they tend to last longer in the fridge so choose what works for your life style. remembering that starches turn to sugars when frigerated in vegetables, especially potatoes. ( hope my spelling is ok, trainer not a teacher) staycool

Answer 6

if you want to eat them cold, otherwise, there isn't any other reason, but make sure that once they get rotten, throw them out, otherwise you will attract millions of fruit flys.

Answer 7

yeah its cool but just dnt keep them in plastic bags they need to breath

Answer 8

Fruits should be refrigerated so that the fruits won't get rotten so fast, especially in a hot country like Singapore. If you stay in London, the room temperature is enough to keep the fruits fresh.No need to refrigerated. It is all depend on where do you stay.

Apples, oranges, strawberrie which refrigerated are nice to eat but not bananas. Bananas should store in room temperature are nice to eat, and bananas are easily rotten which cannot keep long.

Vons is a supermarket.... I think It is because fruits are packed in a plastic bag, which can sell very fast, they no need to incur extra cost to refrgerated them, unless is the expensive fruits like grapes, strawberries and peaches, which are slow moving items, they need to refrigerated....