FreshPoint

Description:

• Usage: Good for eating fresh, freezing, canning.
• Taste: Nutty
• Storage Quality: Round seeds with long, straight pods
• Shape: Rumpled
• Outside Coloring: Silvery green
• Flesh Description: Tender, meaty
• The different varieties of beans contain different nutrients that promote health including fiber, folate and vitamin C that help to prevent cancer. Beans can be found to be fat-free, saturated fat-free, cholesterol-free, low in calories, very low sodium, a good source of vitamin C, iron, folate, phosphorus, copper, magnesium and potassium depending on the variety.

Receiving Information:

• Retain moisture: Wash beans before refrigeration to prevent from drying out.
• Pitted, loss of moisture:
• Evidence of chilling injury to the beans if held at temperatures below 40 degrees F/4.4 degrees C.
• Selection: Shoppers should use beans that are free from obvious dark spots. The best beans are the ones that are firm and snap when they are bent.
• Stocking: Snap bean containers should be stacked to allow maximum air circulation.

Storage/Handling:

• Optimum Temp (F):  40-45F  /  4.4 – 7.2 C
• Optimum Humidity:  90 – 95 %
• Storage Life (Days):  4 – 5
• Ethylene Producer:  No
• Ethylene Sensitive:  Yes
• Water Sprinkle:  No
• Odor Producer:  No
• Ripens After Harvest:  No
• Mist:  No
• Top Ice:  No
• Odor Sensitive:  No