I work in a seniors residence, and our kitchen received an email the other day about baby carrots that you buy in plastic bags in the store. I haven't got the actual email, but the story was this ...
The baby carrots in plastic bags are actually made from disfigured carrots, put through a machine to get the shape. To preserve them, them are put in a chlorine/water solution - the same chlorine that goes into swimming pools. As these carrots don't have skins, they absorb the chlorine. The white marks that you sometimes see when they've been in the 'fridge is the chlorine coming to the surface. Chlorine is a carcinogen.
I don't know how true this all is, and whether all baby carrots are the same, but I know I certainly won't be giving my bunnies any more, just in case!
Jan
The baby carrots in plastic bags are actually made from disfigured carrots, put through a machine to get the shape. To preserve them, them are put in a chlorine/water solution - the same chlorine that goes into swimming pools. As these carrots don't have skins, they absorb the chlorine. The white marks that you sometimes see when they've been in the 'fridge is the chlorine coming to the surface. Chlorine is a carcinogen.
I don't know how true this all is, and whether all baby carrots are the same, but I know I certainly won't be giving my bunnies any more, just in case!
Jan