Image via WikipediaI usually buy big bags of carrots to munch on, but have been eying the 5 lb. bags of baby carrots at same. Not anymore.This was posted to one of the message boards at SparkPeople:
The following is information from a farmer who grows and packages carrots for IGA, METRO, LOBLAWS, etc.
The small cocktail (baby) carrots you buy in small plastic bags are made using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put through a machine which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots . most people probably know this already.
What you may not know and should know is the following: once the carrots are cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are dipped in a solution of water and chlorine in order to preserve them (this is the same chlorine used your pool) since they do not have their skin or natural protective covering, they give them a higher dose of chlorine.
You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for a few days, a white covering will form on the carrots, this is the chlorine which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our health at risk to have esthetically pleasing vegetables which are practically plastic?
We do hope that this information can be passed on to as many people as possible in the hopes of informing them where these carrots come from and how they are processed. Chlorine is a very well known carcinogen.
5 comments:
Wow. Thanks for the info.
Nice to make people aware of the truth about baby carrots, but remember not all baby carrots are "processed" some are true tiny varieties. Also not all baby carrota are washed in (weak) chlorine, some processors use Citrox, an organic alternative.
Read more in the World Carrot Museum
Whoa! Yikes! Thanks for sharing.
gee thanks... now I can't eat baby carrots anymore...
Nah... just get the giant bags from Sam's. They are organic and super cheap. We go through 3-4 a week. Crazy teenagers!
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