Pineapple Honey Dew Enzymes Drink

941 days ago

All humans are naturally lazy. And to prove that I am human, I decided to make myself an enzymes drink without all the hassle of cutting the fruits. Yes, I went to the supermarket and got myself pre-cut fruits! Smart right? Why spend hours cutting fruits (and getting cut by the knife) when you can  get others to cut the fruits for you? Of course I will have some do some cutting myself since the pre-cut fruits are just a little too big to fit into my fermentation container, but most of the work is done by someone else. Life is good when you have nearby supermarkets which knows what you want (and charges you an arm for it). For me, it is either Shop N Save or Sheng Siong. I chose Sheng Siong this time because they are supposed to be cheaper when it comes to fresh produce.

Anyway, I visited Sheng Siong and got myself some Honey Dew and Pineapples. The Honey Dew looks decent and the Pineapples looks surprisingly golden and delicious. And it smells wonderful as well. I got some white rock sugar.This is probably just plain old table sugar which have been crystallize and comes with big(ger) chunks. The total cost of the ingredients is S$5.80. Okay lah. I guess this will produce about 500 to 600ml of healthy probiotic Enzymes Drink. If you have no idea what Enzymes Drinks are all about, let me enlighten you. It is a fruit based drink, in which like yogurt, have been fermented by good bacteria when mixed with sugar to produce a “sour” product. If I am not wrong, it is the lactic acid produced by the bacteria that is causing the tartness of the drink. However, most people will stop the fermentation before it becomes tart so that the drink will be more palatable. The remaining sugar does make the drink taste a little nicer at the end.

Ahhh….the pre-cut fruits! What I have here is the Honey Dew and Pineapples. Oh, that is the white rock sugar on the left. I have no illusions that someone took the effort to cut the fruits for me as fruits do not magically get cut into pieces by themselves. My thanks for your hard work.

The Honey Dew. They call it China Hami Melon. That is 2 bucks for a small piece of melon!

Malaysia Honey Pineapple. Check out how ripe this is! You can smell the aroma of the pineapple even without opening the wrapping. Nice. Oh, that is S$1.50. Yes, in Singapore, everything is that expensive!

Ahhh….white crystal sugar! Packed for Golden Champ Pte Ltd! Wuhahahaha! Golden Champ.

The back.

Yes, made in China. I mean, what isn’t nowadays? The ingredients are cane sugar and water. Basically sucrose.  The reason why I chose this is because it will not impact any colour to the drink. I would like it to be as close to the colour of the fruits as possible. The brown sugar and the brown candy both makes the colour of the enzymes drink a bit ugly, which can be a little turn-off to my family members. So not much of a choice here.

Hmmm…..wow, 15% of the daily recommended intake of iron for just 28g of said sugar. Interesting. I didn’t know processed sugar has iron in it.

The photo I took after I packed everything. Basically I cut up the fruits further (I am not that lazy) and pack them one layer after another with some of the rock sugar. Once I finish the fruits and sugar layers, I top it up with more sugar. It is important to have a slightly thicker layer of sugar at the top. The purpose of the sugar is to “draw” out the fruit juice from the fruits and it is not effective if they are all at the bottom.

Looks nice right? Yes, I know, I should make some more effort to cut the fruits into smaller pieces, but as I said, I am human. And I hate knives.

Another photo. The mix of honey dew, pineapple and rock sugar really looks quite nice.

Okay, I have come to the end of the review. I will update you guys again in 2 weeks time. However, I think that this time I might have a serious problem – too much sugar. I poured the entire 400g of sugar into the fermentation bottle. Perhaps this means that I will have to ferment it longer than 2 weeks?

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