THIRUVANTHAPURAM: The only vegetable which have the unique ability to make people cry and laugh is the onion. It will either makes the farmers cry due to its low price and either makes the consumers cry with its high price. In the first half of this year onion’s price has skyrocketed to Rs 200 a kilo and now it’s price is as low as Rs 20 a kilo.

Consumers are happy now because now they are able to buy more quantity at less price. But recently, consumers who are using onion are more happy, now onions which won’t bring out the tears in your eyes has hit the market. But nobody has found out yet the exact cause behind this.

Some suspect a dip in quality whereas others think that certain chemical ingredients are responsible for this phenomenon. But the heath department has the final say over the health effects of this unique onions.

Aliases makes us cry

The chemical which forms through the mix of an enzyme called aliases and amino acide sulphoxide compels our tear gland to work when we cut onions.