Why the heck the pear puree turned..

suzan · Jun 18th, 2009, 06:31 AM

to brown color?

I did 2 days ago 2 huge pears, I cooked them with little water, and filled 2 pots. Allowed them to cool and freezed them. When fed him to DS, they were white, like a pear.

But yesterday I cooked the other 2 pears I had for him, I cooked them the same way and put them in 2 pots, but while cooling they turned brown/gray? WHY? is this ok to give it to him, or maybe it isnt healthy?

Bec L · Jun 18th, 2009, 13:43 PM

Sometimes if the pears I was doing for Poppy were very ripe I wouldn't cook them but just mash them up and put them in pots to freeze. They would go brown too once they'd frozen but I used to give them to her as they weren't off or anything, just very ripe.

mommyof3co · Jun 18th, 2009, 13:48 PM

Fruits like that will also turn brown if they set out cut too long. If you add a bit of lemon juice to them, or soak them in lemon water it shouldn't do it. That's why some jarred babyfood of like apples, pears and other fruits have the ascorbic acid in them..to prevent the browning

Hevz · Jun 18th, 2009, 13:56 PM

Just add a bit of lemon or lime juice to the cooking water or spinkle on the fruit before steaming etc to help prevent discolouration. There's nothing wrong with it, just the fruit oxidising

Jun 18th, 2009, 06:31 AM	#1
suzan Mum (Mom) BnB Addict Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Somewhere in the desert Posts: 2,597	Why the heck the pear puree turned.. to brown color? I did 2 days ago 2 huge pears, I cooked them with little water, and filled 2 pots. Allowed them to cool and freezed them. When fed him to DS, they were white, like a pear. But yesterday I cooked the other 2 pears I had for him, I cooked them the same way and put them in 2 pots, but while cooling they turned brown/gray? WHY? is this ok to give it to him, or maybe it isnt healthy?

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Bec L Mum (Mom) Chat Happy BnB Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Manchester Posts: 2,303	Sometimes if the pears I was doing for Poppy were very ripe I wouldn't cook them but just mash them up and put them in pots to freeze. They would go brown too once they'd frozen but I used to give them to her as they weren't off or anything, just very ripe.

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mommyof3co Mum (Mom) BnB Elite Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 10,076	Fruits like that will also turn brown if they set out cut too long. If you add a bit of lemon juice to them, or soak them in lemon water it shouldn't do it. That's why some jarred babyfood of like apples, pears and other fruits have the ascorbic acid in them..to prevent the browning

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Hevz Pregnant (Expecting) BnB Addict Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Swinton, Manchester, England Posts: 4,581	Just add a bit of lemon or lime juice to the cooking water or spinkle on the fruit before steaming etc to help prevent discolouration. There's nothing wrong with it, just the fruit oxidising

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