Bananas will keep fresh for up to 26 days if you follow this genius storage hack
Bananas can ripen in an instant if they are stored in the wrong place.
The majority of households store their bananas in a fruit bowl - but this is actually one of the worst places for them to sit. According to experts bananas should always be kept away from other fruits, especially if you want them to last the week.
Storing the kitchen staple next to your apples and oranges can make them ripen rapidly. This causes them to turn into a brown sludgy mess leaving people with no other option but to toss them away. This explains why bananas are one of the UK's most wasted foods with 1.4 million being thrown out every day in the UK.
A TikToker has now shared a game-changing tip that will keep your bananas fresher and remain yellow for up to 26 days.
The revolutionary advice promises to stop your fruit turning into brown mush before you get the chance to enjoy. The technique stands out from the usual recommendations of using cling film, aluminium foil, or damp paper towels.
Amy Cross, who operates the TikTok account @amycrosslegacy, is known for her practical advice on purchasing, cleaning, and storing common fruits and vegetables. She recently divulged her unique jar strategy for keeping bananas "fresh longer".
In her TikTok demonstration, Amy shows how she keeps chopped banana segments, peel intact, in a sealed glass mason jar in her refrigerator. To prove its effectiveness, she posted a follow-up 26 days later, revealing the banana still as pristine as when it was first stored, with the skin showing no signs of discolouration.
In her video update, she confirms: "These are the bananas I purchased on March 13 and I cut this into thirds and put it into a jar, so they're 26 days old."
Expressing her amazement at the result, she continues: "So the whole goal of putting the bananas in the jar was to see if I can get a cut banana to last 12 hours and it's been 26 days."
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If you're not a fan of slicing your bananas, it's advised to store them in a cool, shaded area. Bananas should be kept at around 12 degrees, as they'll ripen faster if they're too warm.
A dim room without direct sunlight is ideal, so a warm kitchen isn't the best place for your bananas.
For those who wish to store peeled bananas, the juice trick is recommended, as once a banana has been cut and exposed to air, it will quickly turn brown. Just sprinkle some lemon juice or pineapple juice on them - this works particularly well in fruit salads.
Speaking about why bananas should be kept away from other fruits, Katherine Kyle from Magical Life Fruit, said: "Keep your bananas separate from all other fruits including other ripe bananas.
"Fruits let off ethylene gas when they are ripening, so keeping ripe fruit with unripe fruit will cause the unripe fruit to ripen more quickly."
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