DO NOT EAT THOSE BABY CARROTS IN BAGS....EVER!
DO NOT EAT THOSE BABY CARROTS IN BAGS....EVER!
Did You Know?: The small cocktail (baby) carrots you buy in 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.
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 very same chlorine used in pools. Since they do not have their skin or natural protective covering, they give them a pretty hefty dose.
You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your refrigerator for a few days, a white coating will form on them. This is the chlorine resurfacing. Chlorine is a very well known carcinogen, which causes cancer.
Stick with carrots the way they grow in nature. They are a little bit more work to slice, but it’s worth it to avoid dosing yourself with chemicals.
This is not really true. They ARE made from crooked or unappealing larger carrots. They ARE treated with a light chlorine solution. They ARE rinsed after the chlorine bath.
ReplyDeleteThe white color that forms on the baby carrots is the carrot surface becoming dehydrated because you just left the damn bag open, has NOTHING to do with the chlorine.
Chlorine occurs NATURALLY in lots of fruits and vegetables. Foods with higher amounts of chloride include seaweed, rye, tomatoes, lettuce, celery, and olives. Chlorine is a perfectly safe food additive in proper amounts. We have been using it to make our tap water safe to drink for over 100 years. You get more chlorine in a glass of municipal tap water than you do in a whole bag of these carrots.
Don't succumb to the mass hysteria propagated by the uninformed masses.