Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Gosh! Look at the amount of yellow dye they put on dried longan skin!

My hands were a bit wet when I touched some dried longan and I was shocked to see that my hands had turned yellow from the colouring they put on the skins! Then I soaked the dried longan in water. The soluble yellow dye made the water yellow. I changed the water for around 10 times and the water still turned yellow from the dye.
I wonder how much yellow dye they used to colour these dried longans? I hope is is food grade dye and nothing poisonous!
Gosh, these are some of the things they do to make food look attractive! We have to be careful of the food we consume nowadays!
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19 comments:

  1. Aunty LiewMay 18, 2011 at 3:51 PM

    So "black heart"just want to make money and don't care of people life!For safety purpose,next time you must plant your own longan tree.

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  2. foongpcMay 18, 2011 at 3:59 PM

    Wow! So much dye! Most likely chemical dye. I am not eating longan!!

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  3. yvonneMay 18, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    My mama always forbid us from eating longans. It's due to the dye. Scary, right?

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  4. HayleyMay 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Wah.... 0_o
    Thats very terrible la~

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  5. YannieMay 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM

    Dried longan skin is having strong yellow dye one, I know as I touched and washed the dried long before. I only buy those without skin now.

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  6. இ Baŋäŋaz இMay 18, 2011 at 4:14 PM

    Wow like that also can? They want us to die faster eating the dye dragon eyes?

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  7. Sonia ~ Nasi Lemak LoverMay 18, 2011 at 4:26 PM

    look scary, lucky i seldom eat dried longan..

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  8. yummylittlecooksMay 18, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    So scary!! They want make money by risking our life.

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  9. Somewhere in SingaporeMay 18, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    scary...

    complain to the authorities...

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  10. suituapuiMay 18, 2011 at 7:33 PM

    Thank goodness I do not eat those things... Penang people eat a lot, I think - all those colourful pickles.

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  11. ReanaclaireMay 18, 2011 at 7:54 PM

    gosh..i think i can skip that after seeing these... long time i didnt take longan though.. from thailand one?

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  12. Small KucingMay 18, 2011 at 9:14 PM

    yikes...i also long time didnt eat longan

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  13. Alice LawMay 18, 2011 at 9:26 PM

    Hey... are those pesticide, luckily thesedays I tak gian for longan!^^

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  14. BigAppleNoshMay 18, 2011 at 10:05 PM

    Whoa!!

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  15. wennMay 18, 2011 at 11:58 PM

    i hv seen that before..not ori anymore.

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  16. fufuMay 19, 2011 at 3:32 PM

    wow wow wow... from china?

    nothing is safe now...

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  17. joycezzzMay 19, 2011 at 5:06 PM

    oh my goodness... now you're scaring me... i have a bag of dried longan in my kitchen pending there to make dessert... =[

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  18. Annie QMay 20, 2011 at 3:40 PM

    I love longan, didn't know they dye it! Scary!

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  19. Ann, Chen Jie Xue 陈洁雪May 25, 2011 at 3:18 PM

    my MIL likes to soak everything. Including the SEE PIAN, persimmoms.

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