‘Former produce manager here. This is correct!’: Woman at grocery store shops for pineapple. Then she uses this little-known trick to check if it’s ripe

It’s happened to the best of us: You pick out your favorite fruit at the grocery store only to realize later that it wasn’t quite ready. This TikToker, however, has cracked the code. Well, for pineapples, at least.  

In a TikTok with over 6.6 million views, content creator Ava (@avamadeleinee) shares her full-proof pineapple hack for buying the ripest fruit.

“This is how you can tell if a pineapple is ripe or not,” Ava says before flipping her camera to the row of pineapples in front of her.