{"id":484,"date":"2011-02-08T12:09:35","date_gmt":"2011-02-08T12:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/?p=484"},"modified":"2017-06-08T12:09:48","modified_gmt":"2017-06-08T12:09:48","slug":"ask-the-experts-whats-with-the-little-white-seeds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/ask-the-experts-whats-with-the-little-white-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"ASK THE EXPERTS: WHAT\u2019S WITH THE LITTLE WHITE SEEDS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Good questions, Keith. I\u2019ll answer your second inquiry \u2013 are those seeds? \u2013 by confirming with confidence that they are not seeds, thereby allowing seedless watermelon to retain its name.<\/p>\n<p>Seedless watermelon gets its name because they contain no <em>mature seeds <\/em>(the black ones). The little white things you see are the remnants of seed coats (where a black seed was supposed to be, but was not allowed to mature).<\/p>\n<p>Just like regular seeds, these seed coats are perfectly safe to eat. Unlike regular seeds, you can eat them along with your watermelon and not even realize they\u2019re there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good questions, Keith. I\u2019ll answer your second inquiry \u2013 are those seeds? \u2013 by confirming with confidence that they are not seeds, thereby allowing seedless watermelon to retain its name. Seedless watermelon gets its name because they contain no mature seeds (the black ones). The little white things you see are the remnants of seed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-general","7":"entry"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ASK THE EXPERTS: WHAT\u2019S WITH THE LITTLE WHITE SEEDS? - What About Watermelon?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whataboutwatermelon.com\/index.php\/2011\/02\/ask-the-experts-whats-with-the-little-white-seeds\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ASK THE EXPERTS: WHAT\u2019S WITH THE LITTLE WHITE SEEDS? - What About Watermelon?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Good questions, Keith. 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