MIL sent this to me. I don't know how true it is but sounds possible



INFORMATION ON SMALL BABY CARROTS

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 in 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?

Chlorine is a very well-known carcinogen, which causes Cancer. I thought this was worth passing on. Pass it on to as many people as possible in hopes of informing them where these carrots come from and how they are processed.

I used to buy those baby carrots for vegetable dips. I know that I will never buy them again!!!!

snopes.com: Baby Carrots

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If only everybody realized that SNOPES is their friend before they passed things on

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Thanks for trying to keep us safe. There are many solutions and gasses used in food preservation that we are better off knowing about that are approved by the food and drug administration.

Thanks for posting the snopes link. They do a great job don't they? I have been curious about the baby carrots for some time and now I know a lot more than I did. After reading this, I'm thinking that the baby cut carrots probably can't be held as long as I sometimes hold my whole carrots. I love not having to peel and cut them, but if they don't keep as well, I might have to just keep getting the whole ones.

I have found that if I lay the carrots out on a towel and let them dry before I store them in the fridge, they last a lot longer.

At our grocery store, they spray the veggies with water to keep them moist. The water then sits in the carrot bag and causes them to rot quickly. I hate biting into a mushy carrot!

But, if you dry them out, then put them in another bag, they last a lot longer.

Lisa

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This was an interesting and informative thread.
Thanks all!

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Donna

Guess I can be glad that I just don't like carrots in any form, even fresh from a back yard garden.

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