Why is one cabbage from one store softer and i can bite into it easily but the other store's cabbage is much harde?

Question

I feel like the harder one may be healthier with more to add to my health but what do you think? Both are supposedly organic.

Answer 1

One is less ripe? Different kind of cabbage?

Answer 2

The softer one is rotting.

Answer 3

Maybe the cabbage has been stored for a long time. That's why it is harder to bite.

Answer 4

Cabbage is sold by the pound to stores. Normally they do not care about type but how many LB. are in the truck delivering it. So they buy from the sores that sells it to them cheapest by the L.B. Or farmer. Not all farmers plant the same type ever from the same area. Or farm to farm there is different soil. Cabbage starts in Mexico. Moves north into Canada in the harvest season. So many types of cabbage are grown.

Answer 5

They’re different varieties and you obviously prefer one over the other.

Answer 6

it came from a different cabbage patch.

Answer 7

there are different varieties of cabbage. some grow huge solid heads with lots of layers of leaves, some grow more light and airy heads with space between the layers.
IF the grower had issues with the weather, the outcome can also be changed..
Being tougher or more tender has NOTHING to do with health and everything to do with variety and climate.
Grow a garden and you will see how different things can be from year to year, even with the same exact variety of produce.

Answer 8

You know there are different types of cabbage, right?

Answer 9

Depends on a couple of factors: where is it from, how long ago was it picked, how long has it been sitting on the shelf, etc.?

Answer 10

Go for the greener or reddish cabbage, for more antioxidants.