Unable to use selectByVisibleText() on drop down menu values that contain   about v4 HOT 3 OPEN

static selectByVisibleTextInDropdown(menuItemsOptions, dropDownButton, textToSelect) {
        browser.click(dropDownButton);
        const menuItems = browser.elements(menuItemsOptions).value;
        for (const item of menuItems) {
            const menuItem = browser.elementIdText(item.ELEMENT).value;
            console.log(`menuItem: ${  menuItem}`);
            if (menuItem.toLowerCase().includes(textToSelect.toLowerCase())) {
                console.log(`Clicking on ${menuItem}`);
                browser.elementIdClick(item.ELEMENT);
                break;
            }
        }
    }