How To Pick the Right Avocado | Schnucks

How To Pick the Right Avocado

ARTICLES, TIPS & HOW-TO'S, Produce

Holy Guacamole! Use these avocado tips to help you pick the right avocado.

Holy Guacamole! Use these avocado tips to help you pick the right avocado.

Firm

Very hard fruit, rough skin texture, emerald green color, ripe in 3-4 days

Pre-Conditioned

Forest green color, ripe in 2-3 days

Breaking

Slight give to fruit, greenish-purple color, ripe in 1-2 days

Firm Ripe

Yields to gentle pressure, purple color, ripe in 24 hours or less, good for slicing

Ripe

Easily yields to gentle pressure, dark purple or black color, eat immediately, good for all uses

HELP SPEED UP RIPENING BY PLACING AVOCADO IN A PAPER BAG OR LEAVE OUT AT ROOM TEMPERATURE.

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