Is there any way to neutralize the acid from raw pineapple?

Question

Everytime I eat a fresh pineapple I get this bad allergic reaction to it. It stinks in my mouth and throat and gives me some type of rash inside my mouth. I love pineapple, but this makes it really hard for me to eat it. Is there anything I can do to neutralize it or something like that? Does anyone else have the same problem with eating pineapples? tks

Answer 1

Try canned pineapple. It is cooked in the can, which breaks down the enzyme that most people are allergic to (it changes the flavor silghtly, too).

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...The pineapple fruit contains the protein degrading enzyme bromelain, which is extracted and sold in such products as Schilling's Meat Tenderizer. Papaya contains a functionally analogous enzyme....

...The Jello made with canned pineapple gels and that which is made with fresh pineapple doesn't. The bromelain enzyme in the fresh pineapple degrades the gelatin protein; digests it into a bowl of amino acids--still nutritious!! During the canning process, pineapple is heated to a temperature high enough to denature the bromelain enzyme (a protein itself) making it functionless...

Answer 2

Try roasting it! Take a whole pineapple, cut off the top and bottom, cut it in half, place it in a baking dish and cover with foil. bake it at 300 degrees for about 45 minutes. It will make the sugars sweeter making the acids less intense. It gives it a great flavor!

Answer 3

I've had it a few times. Try the tinned stuff it's more user friendly. Or eat toothpaste, it neutralizes acid.

Answer 4

YES ...I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN....SEEMS TO TAKE SOME OF THE SKIN OFF OF THE ROOF OF YOUR MOUTH....ITS VERY ACIDIC.... ITS REALLY ONLY GOOD IN A HAM SAUCE OR ATOP A CHEESECAKE.