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The temperature in the cabinet is higher than in refrigerator and fruit tend to ripen faster in hotter temperatures. Those fruits which are placed in refrigerator are at temperature lower than the room temperature and do not ripen that fast

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Because refrigerators provide a cold environment, that is against the living conditions of microbes like Clostridium (a bacteria). This prevents the food from being spoiled by any microbe.

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Q: Why do apples and bananas ripen not slowly in the fridge?
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