The peels of unripe pineapples are very hard to the touch. Press on it — if it doesn’t spring back or push in, it means that you’re holding an unripe fruit in your hands.
The color of the peel is green.
Bring the fruit to your nose and smell it. If you can’t sense anything, it means the pineapple is unripe.
The top of such fruit is green without dried ends on the leaves. Try to rotate the top a bit — this is impossible to do with unripe pineapples, especially if it doesn’t move from side to side.

Keep in mind that an unripe pineapple can’t ripen. You can make it a bit softer but the fruit will stay sour without any aroma. Pineapple picks up sugar from the stalks and will no longer be sweet if cut off prematurely. It is not recommended to eat unripe pineapples because they irritate the mucous membrane of the stomach and mouth due to their high acidity and can cause a laxative effect and vomiting.

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