mouldy fruit question
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Is a moulded grape any health threat to the rest of the grapes on a bunch/branch (whatever its called) ??
Similar question ; is eating any fruit and finding that the middle is moulded a health risk?
Questions apply to not actually eating the mould on the fruit itself, but the proximity of the mould to the parts that you have eaten.
Basically I bought a bunch of grapes from a supermatket and after getting back into the office I notice that one in the middle basically looks like a condensed cobweb...in other words, moulded beyond recognition....but the rest of the grapes look to be ok, apart from one which the mould seems to have 'jumped' from the bad grape onto it.
Similar question ; is eating any fruit and finding that the middle is moulded a health risk?
Questions apply to not actually eating the mould on the fruit itself, but the proximity of the mould to the parts that you have eaten.
Basically I bought a bunch of grapes from a supermatket and after getting back into the office I notice that one in the middle basically looks like a condensed cobweb...in other words, moulded beyond recognition....but the rest of the grapes look to be ok, apart from one which the mould seems to have 'jumped' from the bad grape onto it.
chukka64 said:
heard a vicious rumour regarding oranges (so potentially a load of b
ks) that in packaged fruit it was not unusual to find one mouldy one as it somehow helps to ripen the remainder...................???????
It turns the others. So they will rot quicker.ks) that in packaged fruit it was not unusual to find one mouldy one as it somehow helps to ripen the remainder...................???????but obviouslybefore un-ripe fruit rots, it goes ripe.. Hence what you heard.
4nonymous said:
Well my specific question didn't get any decent google results.so nerrrr
Edited by AJI on Wednesday 21st October 14:15
AJI said:
4nonymous said:
Well my specific question didn't get any decent google results.so nerrrr
Edited by AJI on Wednesday 21st October 14:15
That'll be a LMGTFY "fail", then.
AJI said:
Similar question ; is eating any fruit and finding that the middle is moulded a health risk? Questions apply to not actually eating the mould on the fruit itself, but the proximity of the mould to the parts that you have eaten.
Grapes have a natural bloom which is yeast anyway 
As for spoilage organisms on fruit, I don't think there's much to worry about, it'll just taste horrible so you won't eat them anyway. The blue mould on oranges is a Penicillin species so might even do you good! The nasty ones like Clostridium are anaerobic bacteria and prefer meat.The world is full of 'opportunistic' pathogens which can't attack through skin, but can start their work if the skin is broken. So the mouldy grape or apple simply had a broken skin. Th eintact skin of the other fruits keeps them out (as does your skin).
okgo said:
chukka64 said:
heard a vicious rumour regarding oranges (so potentially a load of bks) that in packaged fruit it was not unusual to find one mouldy one as it somehow helps to ripen the remainder...................???????
It turns the others. So they will rot quicker. but obviouslybefore un-ripe fruit rots, it goes ripe.. Hence what you heard.ks) that in packaged fruit it was not unusual to find one mouldy one as it somehow helps to ripen the remainder...................???????Edited by Simpo Two on Wednesday 21st October 15:07
AJI said:
Is a moulded grape any health threat to the rest of the grapes on a bunch/branch (whatever its called) ??
Similar question ; is eating any fruit and finding that the middle is moulded a health risk?
Questions apply to not actually eating the mould on the fruit itself, but the proximity of the mould to the parts that you have eaten.
LMGTFY would have given the answers to all your questions.Similar question ; is eating any fruit and finding that the middle is moulded a health risk?
Questions apply to not actually eating the mould on the fruit itself, but the proximity of the mould to the parts that you have eaten.
Google said, if you eat it it's not going to inflict any health risk to you.
Therefore we can assume that .
1. No its not a health thread
2. Finding the middle moulded isn't a health risk.
3. one can assume that if eating the moulded grape itself isn't a health risk then the surrounding parts aren't going to inflict any health risks either.
If you're ok to eat the moulded grape then all your other questions are covered by that statement
Edited by 4nonymous on Wednesday 21st October 16:32
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