How To Add Flavor To A Low-Sugar Watermelon? Should You Cut Watermelon Or Not To Preserve It? 

Is your watermelon less sweet than you expected? Here’s the trick to fix it.

Salt, The Ingredient That “Sweetens” Watermelon 

Salt does not sweeten watermelon per se. However, adding a pinch of salt to pieces of cut watermelon enhances the sweet notes particularly well. All this without adding the slightest salty taste to the fruit! If added in small quantities, salt on watermelon contrasts the flavors and allows you to better feel the sweetness. As for the salty notes, between the strong presence of water contained in watermelon and the sweetness that predominates, you will not feel anything. 

Watermelon Not Sweet Enough? Place It In The Fridge

If you weren’t planning on eating the watermelon right away but when you taste it, you notice that it lacks sugar, put it in the fridge. Cut it into slices, cover them with cellophane paper for storage and place them in the refrigerator. The next day, the watermelon should have gained in flavor. When it’s very cold, you will better perceive the taste of the flesh of the watermelon. The reason? In the refrigerator, the chances of the sugary water contained in the watermelon evaporating are reduced. It is therefore kept in the fruit, which better concentrates its aromas and increases the sensations once in the mouth. In short, just as drinking cold water is more pleasant, eating a watermelon loaded with cold water will be tastier. 

Watermelon refreshes, quenches thirst and takes you on a journey to the seaside. Cutting it is useful so that it does not take up too much space, but is it wise for its conservation? Answer. 

The Benefit of Not Cutting The Watermelon 

The watermelon’s rind protects it from the intrusion of bacteria and mold. Once cut, the flesh of the watermelon is exposed to the air, which optimizes the oxidation of the fruit. A phenomenon that damages the quality of the watermelon when exposed to air for a long time. In the open air, the flesh (composed, let’s remember, of 92% naturally sweet water*) therefore loses moisture, and gradually, flavor.

A Watermelon Can Be Cut, But Kept Cool

As you might expect, given the size of a watermelon, unless you plan to eat it in one go to entertain around a large summer table, once started, it’s hard not to cut it. So to store the watermelon cut into slices or pieces, make sure to wrap it well. In plastic wrap or an airtight container, the goal is to avoid any contact with the ambient air and the infiltration of bacteria. Of course, the watermelon must be placed in a cool place, to keep everything safe and above all: to maintain its freshness and make it even more thirst-quenching than it already is!