Pick The Ripest Strawberries At The Store With A Simple Smell Test

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Pick The Ripest Strawberries At The Store With A Simple Smell Test By Iva Sorsa-Sunic Aug. 12, 2025 10:20 am EST

Strawberries are one of the best summer fruits to exist — whether you're eating them straight from the carton, dipping them in chocolate, or adding them to a vanilla cake . When these berries are ripe, they're the perfect balance of sweet, slightly tart, and juicy. But nothing is quite as disappointing as biting into a sad, bland berry instead. If you want to avoid one of the most common mistakes everyone makes when buying strawberries , here's a simple trick: Use your nose.

Smelling your berries is a great way to determine their ripeness. Since strawberries don't ripen further after being picked, how they smell at the store is a good indicator