Is it safe to eat the white “dots” in peaches?

Is it safe to eat the white “dots” in peaches? - Calm senior woman and teenage girl in casual clothes looking at each other and talking while eating cookies and cooking pastry in contemporary kitchen at home

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As you can see there are white "dots" where the seed used to be.

  • Is it OK to eat them?
  • What are they, anyway? (I was worried they're some parasite or disease of the fruit)
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Best Answer

Meh, How Bad Could it Be?

Been eating peaches with these things for as long as I can remember. I seem perfectly fine and nothing ever happened to ... OMG ALIENS!! AHHH!!!

Harmless Callus Tissue

Anyways, more seriously, they're absolutely harmless and are just extra tissue called callus tissue, as sourced from these:

Ok, But What Exactly is that Callus Thing?

Plant callus (plural calluses or calli) is a mass of unorganized parenchyma cells derived from plant tissue (explants) for use in biological research and biotechnology. In plant biology, callus cells are those cells that cover a plant wound. - from Wikipedia's article on Callus (emphasis mine)



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Can you eat peaches with white spots?

White Spots Although these spots resemble mold in appearance, they are actually naturally-occurring. Called callus tissue, they are not mold, fungus, bacteria or the result of any type of disease. These spots are entirely safe to eat along with the rest of the peaches that they appear in.

What part of the peach should you not eat?

Peach skin is generally healthy and safe to eat for most people. In fact, it's higher in fiber and certain antioxidants than peach flesh alone. As such, eating a whole peach with its peel may provide the greatest potential health benefits. However, peach skin may contain more pesticides than the flesh.

What is the white stuff on peach pits?

Answer: This whitish tissue may actually appear on the pit and/or in the pit cavity (area inside peach around pit) of a ripe peach. It is called callus tissue (undifferentiated cells). It is not a fungus, bacteria or other type of disease. It is naturally occurring, and it is not harmful.

Can you eat the nut inside a peach?

The seeds of stone fruits \u2014 including cherries, plums, peaches, nectarines, and mangoes \u2014 naturally contain cyanide compounds, which are poisonous. If you accidentally swallow a fruit pit, it probably won't cause any harm. However, you should not crush or chew the seeds.


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Answer 2

I'm having a look on here, already being a member on the Garden and Landscaping section. My horticultural knowledge tells me those white bits aren't anything to worry about, they're just callus tissue (bits of undifferentiated cells) which are not uncommon in the flesh around peach pits. I'll admit the picture isn't a sufficiently good close up to see entirely clearly, but unless you can see them writhing (!), it's just callus tissue and perfectly safe to eat.

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