Foil protects food from moisture and helps preserve its freshness and taste longer.
Sometimes you have to deal with the problem when products stored in foil lose their attractive appearance, become stained and look unappetizing.
Important! Not all products can be stored in foil. Here is a list that will help you understand this issue thoroughly.
Foods that should not be stored in foil
Tomatoes and citrus fruits
Foil is not used to store foods that contain acids.
These include citrus fruits, as well as dishes using vinegar or tomato sauce.
Sour foods
The acid reacts with the aluminum and destroys the foil, causing metal particles to penetrate the food and change its taste.
During storage, you may notice whitish spots on some products – these are aluminum salts. Their appearance was caused by contact of acids with foil.
Salts do not pose a danger to the human body, but such products look unappetizing.
Warm products
Here's what you never wrap in foil: food that hasn't cooled down!
If this rule is not followed, there is a risk of aluminum entering the body.
