Are unripe avocados safe to eat?

Did a bin of firm, underripe avocados dash your hopes for a piece of avocado toast once again. read more

According to MITMedical, unripe avocado contains “persin” which when consumed in sufficient quantities, persin can cause illness or death in many birds and domestic mammals, but it does not appear to be harmful to non-allergic humans.This means that there is nothing wrong to eat an unripe avocado except on its awful taste. read more

No need to worry - unripe avocados are perfectly safe for human consumption, although they taste pretty bitter raw. This is why it's best to either cook or marinate unripe avocados before eating them, to lessen the taste. read more