On Nov 25, 4:33*pm, Arri London > wrote:
> Manda Ruby wrote:
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> > On Nov 23, 6:18 pm, dsi1 > wrote:
> > > Arri London wrote:
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> > > > Manda Ruby wrote:
> > > >> If barely ripe pineapple has *bit of sour ttse unlike the fully ripe
> > > >> one which is sweet, is the sugar content (fructose form) the same or
> > > >> less if compared between the pinepples of same size of the two types
> > > >> (fully ripe pineapple and . barely ripe pineapple)?
>
> > > > Get hold of a handheld refractometer to measure total sugars and see
> > > > Any student chem lab will have one.
>
> > > Or you could just use your eyes.
> > *Your answers to his response made me realize that his response was to
> > the question how to choose a ripe pineapple versus not barely ripe
> > one, which btw, was not my question. *Sorry. My question was not about
> > choosing ripe pineapple versus barely ripe pineapple. *The question
> > was literally about comparing total amount of sugar content in
> > pineapples of the same size. *
>
> And my answer was equally literal! The easiest way to measure sugar
> content is with a refractometer, such as winemakers use. It's first-year
> basic chemistry and quite fun. Your taste will tell you which is sweeter
> but of course that isn't quantitative

I was after approximate quantitive but it seems that at the end, ripe
and sweet or not fully ripe and ehnce not that sweet, thee both would
give me the same amount of glucose at the end. Then, I might as well
eat the sweeter one though Steve made a good point about the effect
on metablic pathway
by different form of sugar. This link has some interesting info (not
on sugar content inpineappleabout:
http://www.sixwise.com/Newsletters/2...Difference.htm

Glucose, Sucrose or Fructose: Is One Better Than Another?
http://www.healthnews.com/glucose-su...r-than-another

"At the end of the study period, both groups had gained similar
amounts of weight, but those consuming fructose-sweetened drinks
showed an increase in intra-abdominal fat, the kind that embeds itself
between tissues in organs, became less sensitive to insulin (the
hormone released by the pancreas that controls blood sugar), and
showed signs of dyslipidemia—elevated blood levels of lipids. The
fructose group also showed increased fat production in the liver,
elevated LDL or bad cholesterol and larger increases in blood
triglycerides. The group drinking glucose-sweetened beverages showed
none of these changes"


> Of course, there is a reason behind the
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> > question and it had to do with eating pineapple of ripe one versus
> > barely ripe one. * The only justification to choose a barely ripe
> > pineapple would be if it has less sugar content than the ripe one of
> > the same size when both are the same price.
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> > > *When confronted with pineapple pieces,
> > > you'd be wise to choose the darker, semi-translucent pieces first,
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