Attn: Baby Carrot Concerns

[Jayd]

I received an e-mail from a friend of a friend of a carrot farmer. Since we feed Spock and all our other birds fresh carrots regularly, we started buying baby carrots because of the convenience. The story is: Baby carrots are shaped in a machine from misshapen and broken larger carrots. After processing, all the baby carrots are soaked in a chlorine/water solution. The amount of chlorine absorbed into the skinless carrot is much greater than in a skinned carrot and also due to the length of time spent soaking. Chlorine is a known carcinogenic and needless to say, we have stopped feeding Spock, our other birds and ourselves the baby carrots. We will be going back to organic carrots. We thought this would be interesting to all.
Maggie and Jay

[judygram]

Now that is interesting to know, I wondered how we came to have those "baby" carrots which I suspected were not true baby carrots, they are manufactured and I had no idea they were soaked in a chlorine solution. Most of the time I use regular bagged carrots only getting the baby carrots for snacking or to use for dipping but I have fed some to the fids, well no more.

Thanks Maggie and Jay for bringing this to our attention.

[Eckobird]

Thanks for the heads up Maggie and Jay. I haven't gotten any baby carrots and now I'm glad I didn't. That is scary and very risky for our precious babies. Karma for you.

[luvparrots]

No, no, no I love my baby carrots!!!! What a blow!!! But thanks for the heads up!!!!

[Toni]

Me too !!!{Feel-bad-0002006A}
No more baby carrots and ranch

[Talon]

Hey everyone, as a ex wife of a vegetable farmer who I was married to for 20 years. ALL farmers wash their produce on a bleach/water combo. Triple rinsing your produce at home should be fine. Also know that organic produce isn't totally organic. They too use chemicals and the"natural" fertilizers they use.....well, I prefer the non organic produce. What some of them use on their "organic" produce is disgusting....inch: :S

[lovethatgrey]

I never cared very much for the baby carrots! Something about the taste that never tasted right and the BRIGHT orange didn't seem very natural! Now I have another reason not to purchase them!{Feel-good-00020114}

[judygram]

You know that garden of mine is looking better and better all the time.

And yes if you are speaking of natural fertilizers such as manure it does sound disgusting but that is the way of the farmer especially a cattle farmer.

[Jayd]

Were lucky, we have a small veg garden and grow what our fids and we eat.(except carrots )The main point is that all veggies are washed in a bad solution, and a carrot with a skin soaks up less the a skinless carrot! then if you freeze it or can it, more chemicals are introduced! YES, wash your Veggies This is true for all fruits and veg's:P

[Jayd]

:blink:The baby carrots I was refering to are the ones that are cut down from large misshaped ones. If there left in the fridge for a couple of days the start to turn white! this is the bleach leaching out. The amount of these agents our fids can absorb is far less then we can!:sick: We don't read before we eat, but we do for our Fids.<br><br>Post edited by: Jayd, at: 2009/05/15 19:08