By putting a small amount of lemon juice on your apple slices, they could stay fresher (Image: Getty Images)
If you want to stop cut from turning brown, there’s one simple way you can keep them fresh.
are a great snack and cutting them at home so they are prepped for your lunch box makes things nice and easy – but not if they go brown.
But there are a few tricks you can use to stop this happening.
when they are exposed to air – it’s a natural discolouration caused by a reaction between the apple’s enzymes and oxygen.
While the colour wouldn’t be too bad, it can also affect taste, odour and nutritional value.
Once an apple is cut, it will start to oxidise making it turn brown (Image: Getty Images)
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To keep them fresh, one thing you can do is sprinkle a little lemon juice on the .
This will work but you might be left with a slight lemon taste on the apple which isn’t for everyone.
Another tip is to dust the apple slice in cinnamon which might be more to your taste.
If neither of these options are for you, you can also soak the in salt water which will help slow down the process of the apples turning brown.
Cutting your apple slices larger may also help slow down the process of them turning brown as there will be less surface area exposed to oxygen.
Slicing apples thicker can help them to stay fresher (Image: Getty Images)
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Within just a few minutes of slicing an apple, it will begin to turn brown due to oxidation, which simply means the fruit was exposed to oxygen, says .
An enzyme called polyphenol oxidase (PPO) is found deep in the cells of an apple, and when it interacts with oxygen, it causes a reaction within the apple’s tissues.
This is what causes the brownish color to form on the flesh portion of the apple once it’s sliced.