The Cameron Apple Fruit Scam - Weird Fruit Explorer in Malaysia Ep. 47

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[@WeirdExplorer]

I'm not sure why this video I made over 6 years ago is getting suggested now, but HI everyone! Since I've made this, I've gone on some incredible adventures around the world to try rare and exotic fruit, check out this playlist to see some of my top episodes: kzbin.info/aero/PLvGFkMrO1ZxJldWKpSAhhnxuPYVeCt8oj

[@syamimi5669]

Lately this 'hybrid fruit' is taking all over the Malaysia so that's why😂 i even had to do some research cuz I don't want to get scam😂 thanks a lot for your video❤️

[@JedoDre]

I was starting to get interested in various scams, which is why I think this was recommended. Maybe just a coincidence?

[@zachb8012]

I watch one old weird fruit video and the algorithm be like, "Oh, this guy must like videos made in 2014." Recommendation engines give me little hope for our AI overlords. I think it's a bit hyperbolic to call this a scam because it sounds like a legit snack in its own regard. Like someone made a treat and a few dummies decided to make up some bullshit to sell it to other dummies.

[@tristanbulluss9386]

Cool video.

[@bamasteus]

I wonder why it took so long to hit my suggestions? I love hearing about scams like these lol

[@Kaya4114]

They should just call it a Candy Apple. Cuz thats basically what it is.

[@Amber_Scarlet]

tbh, if they marketed it as that, I would totally buy it.

[@jamesred7272]

thne the scam woukdnt be as effective

[@onlyvirly2c]

@@jamesred7272 mhm.

[@onlyvirly2c]

@@Amber_Scarlet I suppose but if they stopped the scam they wouldn’t have as many customers. People probably like their fruit “organic” and “natural” or smth. Or their just average people.

[@Aaron-zu3xn]

the problem is more the calcium chloride never eat these,calcium chloride + water = calcium hydroxide + hydrochloric acid both cause chemical burns

[@julieskattebu7429]

Bootlegged fruit. That is pure genuis.

[@TheBigMclargehuge]

Fruitlegged

[@CrystalRose1111]

@@konala9380 You should not be on KZbin dude

[@four716]

@@konala9380 Ok

[@jgvtc559]

@@konala9380 you have terrible parents

[@embroideredragdoll]

The idea of bootlegging food is kinda terrifying

[@kazisiddiqui6435]

Wanna buy this rare, unique animal? It looks like a wild dingo I found on the roadside, but I promise it's a hybrid between a fly and an elephant.

[@sharkbitesback2749]

lol :D

[@sharkbitesback2749]

69 likes nice

[@nottelling6598]

There's a surprising number of breeding hyena populations where there really shouldn't be. People bring exotic game over over somewhere to hunt, and then it turns out that species specifically adapted to blend in to brush are good at hiding in brush. I know a litter of rescued cubs was found out in Sweetwater, Texas around a decade ago, and it took them forever to identify them as they're not native and the cubs look like scrawny puppies.

[@chistinelane]

I'll buy a dingo

[@gavinjenkins899]

@@chistinelane but there's also half priced dingos right next to it.

[@maniacaudiophile]

In Taiwan, there are lots of street vendors that sells guava that are chopped up with core and stones removed, then soaked in flavored liquid. The salt in the liquid slightly dehydrated the guava and give it an interesting texture and a stronger flavor. Often they supply it with plum powder to make it taste even more interesting. IMHO this is for kids and people who don't know better, and just want big bold sour and sweet flavor. However, those vendors never hide the fact, you can often see them soaking it in front of you in their stall.

[@demolisherman1763]

To me at least, it sounds like a method to prepare guava as like a street food

[@timcrouch2415]

I know the coloring is completely man-made, but I have to admit, that is awesome looking when you took the slice and showed it from the side. It looks like some kind of fantasy movie fruit.

[@GoldplatedIronfist]

Soak it in Powerade for some extra nutrients

[@zd6Gtoz6sUyZ]

It's got what plants crave.

[@jackemled_but_gay]

@@zd6Gtoz6sUyZ MY DUDE

[@thebakeddonut2038]

@@zd6Gtoz6sUyZ Its got electrolytes

[@ChaosBW]

Please do not support evil companies like coca cola Powerade is poison

[@xPandamon]

@@ChaosBW Lol.

[@nazibzarini3809]

it is guava pickled in sugar. Almost available at all Service area on malaysia north south highway. not worth it to buy. better buy fresh fruit only.

[@-jank-willson]

These big, green guavas are completely different from the small, soft, green, red-fleshed, strong tasting, seedy ones you get at the grocery stores around were I live. If I didn't know any better, I'd say it was a completely different type of fruit from a different family.

[@-jank-willson]

I first watched this vid when it first came out... good times, good memories...

[@moileboi2947]

I love small, seedy, yellow guayabas

[@Apudurangdinya]

guava is big when it's ripe, almost a size of a fist, but again there is many kind of them, red guava, crystal guava, white guava, seed less guava, it's really good

[@tongpangtirpongener3520]

I think thats a pear

[@Kikilang60]

Any one who has eaten a Maraschino cherry, has had dyed, and flavored fruit. Thanks for the video.

[@dawsondaniels3589]

i think mataschinos are a little worse cause of the insane amount of sugar, probably why people dont really just eat them like normal cherrys

[@alltehstuffs]

@0 1 It’s especially hilarious considering he’s saying it like it’s some kind of obscure or uncommon fact lol. It’s on the damn label. We know those things are terrible for you and we love it.

[@Conduit_K]

@@alltehstuffs yess bro preach

[@hornyducks4090]

I mean at least they aren't marketed as a new fruit. Maraschino cherries are marketed as maraschino cherries, not anything else, and I don't mind the dye and sugar if its marketed AS something that's made with dye and sugar

[@nathanielbmemevault9008]

@Kiki lang why so salty?

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

"I don't know who's falling for it" American tourists that have never seen a guava or a farm.

[@heywardhollis1160]

Anyone wealthy enough to travel for leisure and waste money without doing any research.

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

@KingCobraJFS ?

[@13gan]

@@michaelmccarthy4077 What he mean is that America have farms. That and the stereotype of naive American tourist who would buy anything from drop bear and the legendary wild haggis.

[@michaelmccarthy4077]

@@13gan no shit America has farms. That doesn't mean that most Americans have seen a farm, nor a guava. I'm sorry but, as an American, most American tourists are naive. Tons of retirees that have lived sheltered lives and are now spending the nest egg.

[@13gan]

@@michaelmccarthy4077 Well, isn't that the main point of travelling? Explore the world and learn something new, which of course include getting scammed once and a while. I mean, I too would buy that "guava strawberry hybrid" even if its an impossible fruit just because I would be too curious to not try having a taste, though that might just be me.

[@gaborifj.czapar6432]

this guy always has a look of concern no matter what emotion hes displaying

[@howellheather6969]

😂

[@LifeInFrame]

I think of it like a caramel apple, it's not that weird they wanted to improve the taste. It is bizarre that they are lying about what it is when they probably don't have to. If it's actually a better tasting product but takes extra time to make just sell it as what it is.

[@nadiadanielle1317]

@Lex Bright Raven malaysian here, yeah we all know 😂

[@jx4219]

Yes, we have sugar apples and chocolate apples etc on funfairs and that stuff is expensive! No need to scam anyone when you just can dip a fruit into anything and sell it for 10 times the price.

[@ZomBeeNature]

I have NEVER seen anyone eat a Guava. So you should do a video on Guavas. I know Guavas are not so unusual but not everyone has seen everything.

[@inmydarkesthour2278]

They are my #1 favorite fruit 🤗

[@ZomBeeNature]

@@inmydarkesthour2278 hey, where is your video showing them?!? 😲

[@nisashiras6309]

Really...come here..we have 4 different types of guava trees in my backyard...🤗🤗

[@justincoleman3805]

Nisa, you’re being creepy.

[@nisashiras6309]

@@justincoleman3805 me...🤔🤔 But why...?

[@trinocerous]

Sooo... Anyone else want the recipe for the bootleg strawberry guava?

[@PollexTheCat]

yes

[@Layer03cyberia]

Yes

[@onlyvirly2c]

Y e s

[@onlyvirly2c]

Though I’m not sure you really have it.

[@venonatsagamer1242]

I do

[@sulack]

Glad to see Tobias has gone into more mature content.

[@mustardpikachu3597]

Tobuscus?

[@homelessrobot]

tourist scams abound... if you are a foreign tourist in the 2nd/3rd world someone is going to try and lie to you to get at your money, but its mostly harmless. I was a 'tourist' in afghanistan a few years ago and they were making a lot of things like traditional knives out of really crappy cast aluminum/iron-silicates and trying to pass them off a authentic traditional pieces. But half of the charm was just how ingenius the 'antiquification' techniques they used on these items was. They could have made a killing working as prop artists on a movie set.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Provided you are being charged a TON it makes for a good story

[@CRAMDVoiceLessons]

6:01 Acidic acid? 🤔🤔🤔 *Suspicion heightens* Unless it said "acetic acid" which is the distillate of vinegar.

[@vacciniumaugustifolium1420]

Acid is acidic so... They are not wrong 😅

[@CRAMDVoiceLessons]

Next thing they'll be calling ingredients polyatomic molecules lol!

[@ThingsInMyHouse]

@@CRAMDVoiceLessons the algorithm brings us together and so, we've both questions about the acidic acid. what is the ph?

[@RurikLoderr]

It's vinegar.. it's just vinegar.

[@CRAMDVoiceLessons]

@@RurikLoderr you dare question the almighty acidic acid???

[@ZebbMassiv]

Same thing in Canada. Sometimes you'll find the "grapple" where they take an apple and stick it in a vat of grape juice and vacuum pressure out all the air.

[@marialiyubman]

In other news: if you cut a banana in half and stick a kiwi on it and put it into the ground it’ll grow as kiwi-banana.

[@kharnifex]

In Shizuoka Japan there is a kiwi farm full of hybrid kiwifruits. The farmer also makes wine from the hybrids

[@MaksuShaty2011]

Actually this is the product of Thailand. So many of it at Thailand malaysian borders

[@parrata]

Given how the package had ingredients, does it have a proper name there?

[@scarl3tflam3]

For a moment there, I thought Tobuscus is talking about fruit now

[@samurai6170]

He dose look like tobuscus

[@philhartmann6502]

@@samurai6170 Nah Penn Badgley

[@GoonSquad_TV]

That thumbnail askin for it

[@WeirdExplorer]

haha

[@FrankieW00FR]

Not sure why this is in my recommended but I learned something today.

[@farahmaquillage1317]

I remember when grapples first came out everyone kept saying it was hybrid as well, I know i was more interested in trying grapples before i learnt they were just artificially flavoured. Guess its a better way to sell haha, although it should be obvious that its impossible. Still cool i guess but you cant really classify it as a fruit anymore lol, more like an unhealthy solid smoothie :P

[@WeirdExplorer]

Haha, good observation. I didnt know people thought that about the Grapple, but it makes sense. I've been seeing a lot of other fruit scams lately. Most are phoney photos circulating online of fruits that do not exist and people trying sell their supposed seeds.

[@seiyuokamihimura5082]

Weird Explorer yeah, the seed scam is really bad. always do mega research first. and make sure you can get a positive i. d. on the seeds and the supposed species being presented

[@zilym]

I remember the first time a guy at work told me about grapples. He was so excited about it. I didn't have the heart to explain to him that they were fake. I just smiled and nodded. :)

[@ThePoisonedReaper]

Is no one gonna talk about how the fruit in the thumbnail looks like a fleshlight? lmao

[@fleshybits]

Sooo. A guava soaked in strawberry koolaid. ...if they add vodka they may have something going for them.

[@WeirdExplorer]

good idea!

[@F4ngel]

That's very interesting. I was expecting the fruit to be awe full, but your reaction says otherwise. If they were honest, or knew what they were selling, they could totally market it as a strawberry flavour guava, one that's been processed. Much like we have strawberry favoured milk that's processed rather than strawberry flavour straight from the cow.

[@kohia38]

There are strawberry guavas...infact there are many varieties of guava. Not saying that is one but I myself grow strawberry guavas, pineapple guava (fejoia) and an aftrican guava...also passionfruit come in many varieties..red, black, and yellow ..sunset yellow ..pacific yellow ..they are all different varieties..I also grow pepino ...its label states cameron apple... not all fruit is sold under its original name simply because most people don't understand them... an e.g. would be the fejoia... its actually a pineapple guava..

[@mandab.3180]

you had me at soaked in sugar 🤤

[@physiomahesh2005]

Much related information...very nice review.

[@camgood3097]

I knew that color wasn't natural. I thought it was a candy apple at first lol..

[@karlallspach5309]

That's really hilarious. I love the fact they jack up the price too. Ugh

[@happykillmore8976]

Love the vids. Informative and entertaining. Keto it up.

[@JohnKelly2]

In the American South, a popular snack is the "koolickle", which is a dill pickle they add cherry kool-aid to the brine. Probably the same thing they're doing with the Cameron apple.

[@jamesshamley6577]

Or a hotdog soaked in koolaid

[@tookitogo]

Where? I lived in NC (and my dad still does), and I have family in north Florida, so I’ve spent plenty of time in the South, and I’ve never once seen a koolickle.

[@IceRiver1020]

I've lived I the south my entire life (mainly North Carolina, Louisiana, and Alabama), and I've never heard of this.

[@kandy1643]

@@IceRiver1020 it’s a thing in Mississippi

[@MeliponiculturaenCostaRica]

I had a question, when you started to add the soundtrack to these videos around episode 40s I really loved it, but I searched for it and it came to be Riz Ortolani - Main Theme [Cannibal Holocaust] I had some feeling when reading the name and picture shazam gave me, did you know it was that one? or why choose that one?

[@broonage]

First thing I thought was "oh that's the theme song from Cannibal Holocaust"... Great music, tough movie

[@formosa5411]

The way you describe it makes it sound delicious!

[@andrew_owens7680]

Now that you've had a brush with the Fruit Mafia, you can learn about the legends: Joey Bananas, Vito Cantiloupo, Nico "the Neck" Nectarini.

[@simplyelvi5676]

Awsome !!!!! Thank you

[@moomoopuppy5810]

They don't even look like the regular guavas from Hawaii, that produce the pink nectar you buy from Kerns of Hawaiian Sun brands (yellow fruit with pink inner flesh)

[@Myriako]

Thank you for this video! 😊🌼

[@lyngirasol5773]

Best yet, thanks mate

[@evilcanofdrpepper]

You should review all of the guavas together, pineapple guavas(both varieties, the rounder ones generally sweeter with better texture, and the ones that are skinnier and more oblong or American football shaped usually drier and more sour tasting) lemon guavas(try all of the different varieties you can find, different colors, shapes, seedless, sizes, and locations ect), strawberry guavas, and Chilean guavas(not actually guavas Ugni molinae) I think that would be better than just guavas alone and even then you should do strawberry or Chilean guavas for their rarity.

[@WeirdExplorer]

I have the lemon and strawberry guava in a video on here and the feijoa. Will do more in the future if I can get enough varieties to compare

[@borpheus4651]

To the thumbnail: 💥💥💳💥💥💥💳

[@cazek445]

I live in the netherlands and ive never even seen a guava...

[@sharkbitesback2749]

bruh I have two guava trees in my back yard

[@marcosdiogenes9380]

Dude, your guavas are crunchy??? Here in Brazil they're jammy and red inside. Very soft and sweet.

[@itachi91692]

Someone said they are pickled in sugar so that may make them crunchy maybe.

[@moisesg.2077]

@@itachi91692 actually it varies. I know there are some guavas they sell in my area that are small, yellow, and soft. Meanwhile you can also get the large green ones that are crunchy and harder.

[@itachi91692]

@@moisesg.2077 Thats cool. You get some variety to choose from then. I only ever had juice and it’s usually pictured with a green one with red insides so I never really knew how they felt or that there were other variations. I need to remember that there are many fruits and vegetables varieties or subspecies that I’v most likely never heard of.

[@alhassani626]

It's a hybrid Guava. Not pure.

[@alhassani626]

Some scientists from our country made those work back in the 80s.

[@cristiaolson7327]

I recently purchased a bush to grow those giant green guavas (along with a pineapple guava, a strawberry Cattley, and a pink guava), but I won't get to eat any for probably at least a year or two. I wonder if they taste any good, since I've only ever had the golfball-sized yellow common guavas that they sell at the store and the lemon Cattley guava from the bush I had at my old house.

[@Nelson4207]

I felt like you may have had the wrong view on the cameron apple. They do post the added ingredients on the bag, so obviously they are acknowledging they they added stuff to it, but im not sure why the strawberry flvoring wasn't posted, but its a good thing to have people finding new ways to market, sell and intrest ppl in fruit. I see why you are annoyed though. Why act like it is something natural, but i only wonder if they are grown or packaged in that cameron area. They should just advertise it as a novelty and not a grown fruit. I was only wondering if them explaing hoe its like a guava and a strawberry wasn't thsm describing the flavor of it, not the method which it was actually genetically manufactured?

[@Nelson4207]

Also wondrring if they don't call it an apple because that is what they resemble, but keep it real i guess and call it what it is.... a flavored guava 😉

[@WeirdExplorer]

The package is honest, but the vendors who sell it are not. Last week I saw a post on Facebook of someone asking what this fruit was. They bought it from a vendor who sold it as a rare fruit.

[@Nelson4207]

Weird Explorer Just silly.. They could easily sell it as what it is if they took two minutes to be original instead of worrying about deceiving people. Maybe that's karmas way of keeping the dishonest on the bottom! 😆

[@Sherirose1]

I read that you have an amazing skill that keeps you employed.👏👏👏👏

[@SacredDaturana]

I've seen pepino melons before from relatives coming back from Cameron! Didn't know what it was called before this, I was told it was a hybrid of apple and some other fruit.

[@johngonzales5379]

Are you sure it's a scam? Could the Cameron Apple be the Malaysian equivalent of our own candy apple? A candy apple costs more than a regular apple, just like a Cameron Apple costs more than a plain guava. Apples are more common in North America, Guavas are more plentiful in tropical South East Asia.

[@evannaramly8408]

Cameron apple is pepino melon. I think that pink fruit you are eating is called jambu air or rose apple/Java apple. It is not dyed, it has red, pink and white variants. Malays call guava 'jambu' and we have 2 types - jambu air (directly translates as water guava) and jambu batu, which is the green and white or pink guava.

[@rusty1370]

I like the whole vids ,it looks so 2001 vibe and the intro song damm...

[@philipfong8079]

As a Malaysian, I have never seen or heard any fruits like that from Camerin Highlands, maybe they created it just to sell there, the fruit stall are not farmers, they don't know much and least educated, even farmers does not know what are the names and origin of the plants, especially those that were brought in from Thailand and the workers are from Bangladesh or India.

[@jade7381]

I've never seen a big green guava before, only the small pink ones.

[@OlWolf1011]

They sell them to tourists who don’t understand botany. What plants are related to others… if they’re totally unrelated, well, hybridizing the guava and strawberry is impossible. Like crossing a lion with a bear! 😆 Now, I’ve had guava jelly “goya” as a kid, my grandpa used to buy it - but never had one fresh. I was surprised you were crunching! For some reason, I’d thought they were soft and smooth inside, like papaya or prickly pear. I’m not in Florida, and they don’t have ‘em in the markets here - so never had one fresh.

[@oozorakyou]

as a local who frequently going there, we rarely buy this kind of thing if we really looking for fresh healthy food, because we know it was processed fruit / junk food / pickles. sometimes people buy it out of curiosity or often as a joke by buy it and bring it home, just to show to family or friends what weird food they found during travel.. but if the seller try to convince people that this is legit real fresh fruit, that seller is pure scammer. _...also, I don't know why I'm here, ask KZbin algorithm lol._

[@aurochf1]

Did you use the main theme from "Cannibal Holocaust" at the beginning of this video? You DID use the main theme from "Cannibal Holocaust" at the beginning of this video. :-O (good theme though)

[@WeirdExplorer]

yep, perfect travel music 😄

[@aurochf1]

@@WeirdExplorer That's hilarious.

[@theletterWandD]

I thought I recognized the music! Lol

[@marykandis959]

Oh jesus!! I was thinking my days of binging Cinema Snob had come back to haunt me XD

[@gagemigan]

that algorithm tho. didn't know you could bootleg fruit...

[@HypnoticCyrus]

As a "local" my self E.G. I go there almost every year since my grandma lives near there, I love going to the shops/markets there and its like soo cool since half the time I did not know what I would be eating. My childhood dreams are now ruined but I think its kinda funny that I did not even know they were fake my self XD

[@xDangerHawkX]

Thumbnail boutta make me act up 😩

[@snailsaredumb9412]

Oh yes.

[@na9565]

This gave me the idea of soaking strawberries in hydrogen cyanide because there can't be anyone that is complaining, or maybe their grieving familly members.

[@stevermacsoucher1625]

I like how you used the cannibal Holocaust music for your fruit review

[@Jamesjimjimmy]

Knew it sounded familiar lol

[@jeffersondsouza7887]

I have seen this being sold in Crawford Market, Mumbai, India as a Thailand Guava in 2015, and they were charging Rs. 200(around 3USD) for it (a plain guava of that size costed around 15-20 rupees)

[@wafaalmohanna5927]

We import these from Thailand. It’s just a guava cooked in a dyed simple syrup. Yummy though

[@nivribocaj]

A 6 year-old video recommended to me. What's weirder is it's about fruits. I don't even search youtube for fruit videos

[@azhurelpigeon]

I'd probably want to buy one anyways!

[@sazji]

That’s a different guava than I’ve ever seen! Calcium chloride probably is what gives it the crunchiness.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Probably a green "apple guava" people usually eat them with salt and chili powder

[@tsvandyke]

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[@RavenIsAnArtist]

This just popped up in my notifications somehow

[@k8eekatt]

Welcome. Jerrod has continued making videos and has amazing travel documentaries of his world fruit travels!

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

@@k8eekatt I've watched for a while. I was just confused why an old video was on my notifications instead of a new one. But I definitely agree!

[@WeirdExplorer]

@@RavenIsAnArtist oddly this episode is getting suggested on youtube. kind of wish it was a better episode than this one, but hey I'll take it.

[@RavenIsAnArtist]

@@WeirdExplorer Still really interesting! I was checking my notifications and went "Hey new video" and I checked how long ago it was and was super confused.

[@mohd.syaifullah2314]

Hi, im from Malaysia... Cameron Highland do really sell that thing, it is actually a guava soaked in red sugar water... we generally knew what is was... usually the tourist always got them and we didnt

[@SimpleLifeThailand]

In Thailand they do the same, but they dye them bright green.

[@aliak530i]

I put in on high probability on not knowing the fruit rather than malicious intent ( peperino melon ant tomatillo) because it's a bizzare fruit when presented in Malaysia. The Cameron Apple though, the strawberry is kind of the whole gimmick of the Cameron Highland unfortunately. They go buck wild on just one fruit and in turn makes it boring to go to Cameron Highland anymore.

[@tracillewellyn6611]

Looks very good

[@controlledprone3780]

it's pickled guava bro...i'm from malaysia..of course malaysia is not an english speaking country..they just pickled it and some vendor serve this with ground up sweet and sour powder..it's just a simple pickled guava...we malaysian make a lot of different kinds of pickled fruits...yeah maybe becoz we are not english speaking thats why the label are made wrongly..

[@kamranki]

I have seen them in Dubai as well. A lot of thai fruit stalls sell them being advertised as "pink guava". I will agree though: they do taste a lot better than regular guavas lol 😅

[@VolvagiasBlaze]

huh, the Cannibal Holocause main theme in the intro. can't say i saw that coming

[@Sherirose1]

That's not what we call guavas in Guyana. Our has seeds in the middle, some sweet, depending on colour and size, high in pectin and used to stop diarrhoea when green. We had a white and red growing side by side both sweet but white poisonous caterpillars love the leaves so watch out.

[@VexMage]

There's the grapple in the united states. It doesn't try to fully pretend it's a new fruit but I don't remember it saying this is not not a real fruit, lol.

[@drpuggles6218]

I like those

[@alvinperlas]

haha i recongnized the soundtrack, and i knew... it was going to be some odd fruit

[@WeirdExplorer]

Good catch, its the perfect traveling music.

[@alvinperlas]

hahaha oh shit im hella going to listen to that on my next travels.

[@swampykeane]

I wonder, if I had a bogus wax seal made, could I sell Louis Vuitton guavas?

[@ClownedAlive]

As a Malaysian myself, i did not know about theses artificial fruit things but the only thing i can relate is the fact that they are attracting tourist in cameron

[@ugosmith7529]

Worst is, I would likely buy it if they marketed it as a candied guava (like candied/caramel apples at fairs)

[@Hortifox_the_gardener]

Completely impossible? Maybe those Malaysian highland farmers use extremely advanced CRISPR CAS genetic splicing and rearrangement? Who knows 😜

[@quantumchang4410]

How can it be called a scam when all the extra ingredients are listed on the package?

[@WeirdExplorer]

Its a packaged product that the vendors will market as being a real fruit hybrid. the packaging is honest, the vendors aren't. often they will sell them out of the package too

[@censusgary]

Yes, it’s just a guava, but it’s a really big guava.

[@Hat-]

I actually saw this same thing done with some apples marketed as “Macintosh apples” though they probably weren’t. They tasted relatively normal but they were quite waxy on the surface and it was obvious they’d been dyed when you bit into one. Otherwise normal apple though.

[@nelleuqyaj]

He looks like Hans if he was a farmer

[@nabilanaim5173]

The worst is you got scammed into buying fake cameron corn. Cameron corn is a bit pricey because it is sweeter than any other corn farmed in another state. When we take the corn home it became a F*(:"ng cheaper Ipoh's corn that looked similar but not as sweet as cameron corn.

[@yoshtg]

but IMPORTANT to note: lui vuitton is scamming people aswell by selling them a $50 product for $600, its sad

[@WeirdExplorer]

And it probably costs $1 to make

[@peregrinesantos7483]

I have a suggestion for you. Try out alpay in the Philippines. Not many Filipinos know it but the Aetas do. For the biggest adventure of all, try picking it fresh from the tree. Tip: Don't die trying.

[@mikejames3060]

Thanks!

[@chandekam1826]

I don't mind the melons getting called some kind of apple. After all, pineapple is not a kind of apple either. But the dyed fruit is insane!

[@paullambert7840]

This is such an old video but I'm just now seeing it. He refers to guava as not having much taste. The guavas we have here look quite different. Maybe we're talking about different fruit with shared common names. They are white or pink inside, filled with seeds and very flavorful (and fragrant).

[@guser436]

He's talking about a unripe one I guess, they are green kinda astringent and not flavorful idk if it's unripe or a different variety

[@Drop0fHoney]

I believe its called Syzygium samarangense aka Jambu Air (Malay) and Guava is called Jambu Batu (Malay). My dad use to plan it in our backyard.

[@WeirdExplorer]

+Honey Lemon Nope, its a guava that has been soaked in dye and sugar.

[@eleongo]

Jambu air doesn't have shape like that, too round and big. Also the red "skin" is just too thick for jambu air.

[@skyekross]

sweetened guava? we add a little salt when we eat it in my country.

[@reoreodiasuki5237]

I’m Malaysian and you are correct. That’s just fruit soaked with dye.

[@bearybear66]

Thats probably pickled fruit.. Fruit soak in sweet syrup..

[@VOST0K]

I still want to try it

[@valentinventures]

If the folks in Asia let their damn guavas actually ripen like they do in central/South America, they might actually taste palatable without having to add flavouring! I was so disappointed to buy a guava in SEA for the first time and when I cut into it it was just hard and green.

[@WeirdExplorer]

Yeah. Its better to think of it as a vegetable. Its good in salads

[@AllTrueIsHim]

Your thoughts on the Grapple in the US? Found the truth of it after buying a pack (they required a whole set of 6 to be bought at the time)