Baby Carrots = Heavily processed - Would you still eat them?

tlblood

Oh yuk! Not eating them again. Can you tell me something disgusting about chocolate????

LOL!:laugh: Yes, I'd like to know as well!

Erika1962

Have not touched any in years, ever since I read how they are processed:sick:

JosieRawr

The convenience doesn't make up for the cost for me.. I buy whole carrots 2lbs at a time n process them myself(wash, skin, and whatever else needs to be done for the usage) plus the whole ones taste sweeter to me, might be in my mind but I don't like the cut baby carrots.

littlepinkhearts

Never liked them....always preferred the regular sized carrots that you peel. The baby ones just felt all slimy and gross. If I DO have to eat one, i'll wash it really well first.

devil_in_a_blue_dress

If you are too lazy to chop a normal size carrot then you have bigger problems than Beta Carotene consumption.

Actually not really -- you can't be perfect all the time. At least I can't. I HATE peeling carrots. I cannot explain it, it's not rational, but i freaking hate those shavings - so I buy baby carrots. There are worse things.

lukeout007

I don't eat them because I think they taste like the equivalent of a sh**ty carrot soaked in water.

But when I found out the things you posted above when doing some research a few months ago it pretty much sealed the deal.

dawLs

I'm allergic to beta carotene

devil_in_a_blue_dress

You can buy baby carrots that aren't soaked in chlorine if that worries you. Most of the baby carrots I see in stores clearly stated that they do not use chlorine on the package. Also, there are frequently recalls on all sorts of vegetables, regardless of them being cut up or not. All it takes is one sick person with poop on their hands and the bacteria spreads like wildfire. Most vegetables are picked by humans, so the risk is there with all veg. I'd say your safest bet would be to grow your own. I've never gotten sick from my homegrown veggies. The reduction in beta-Carotene is from the skin being peeled, which many people do anyway when the slice them on their own.

Yep, thanks for this. About 10 years ago there was a HUGE tomato recall where I live. Seems the people working the fields were going to the bathroom in them. Also, I just checked my packages and they are clearly labeled they aren't soaked in chlorine.

lukeout007

I read that the baby carrots are the jacked up looking carrots (the ones that aren't straight) that people don't usually buy in the stores...so farmers send them off to be turned into baby carrots rather than waste them.

Ever since I read that I've made it a point to buy as many f'd up carrots from the store as I need. I don't care at all what they look like. As long as they taste good.

kiminikimkim

Thanks for the SNOPES.com link!

I just found out THERE ARE MORE CALORIES per serving of baby carrots vs a natural carrot!

http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp

sumokitty3

oh bah. Baby carrots are one of the few vegetables my 2 year old will eat. This is not good news.

I wonder if he would be willing to try to crinkle cut??

bethfartman

I read that the baby carrots are the jacked up looking carrots (the ones that aren't straight) that people don't usually buy in the stores...so farmers send them off to be turned into baby carrots rather than waste them.

Ever since I read that I've made it a point to buy as many f'd up carrots from the store as I need. I don't care at all what they look like. As long as they taste good.

That's just a myth. They have specific crops/fields dedicated to baby carrot production.

twinmama1987

had no idea, guess ill be buying normal carrots. thanks!

xoyasminxo

I always buy organic carrots and chop them up to size. I always wondered about baby carrots though because that is not what they look like if you were to grow them yourself.

cowgirlashlee

I have always preferred pulling a carrot fresh from the garden, washing, peeling, and cutting it up to eat over a baby carrot. I take carrot sticks that are fresh cut in my lunches, because they taste better than the alternative, at least to me. I don't eat baby carrots if I can avoid it.

spaz4me2

Hmpf...I now have a nice visual of my baby carrots soaking in a chlorine bath! I do believe that since I cut my own lettuce and celery that I can add the time to once again cut my own carrots. Now I'm craving carrots...but I'm all out, grrrrr

TheFitHooker

I wish I would have read this yesterday before I bought some. I was gonna get the regular size carrots but these were on sale lol.

Meggles63

I just buy the regular ones, cuz I'm REALLY, REALLY cheap, and I get more for my money!

Cordy1228

I will continue to eat them. I am lazy and can be clumsy with a knife, so weighing all the options, baby carrots win. I'm cool with it.

chivalryder

Ok, I have a big question regarding this:

If they're just "cut down" large carrots, why do they have a tiny core? Every "big" carrot I get has a core that's about the size of a baby carrot, so if I were cut it down to size, all I would have left is the core.

What gives?

smarie_330

Nope! Yuck. I buy regular carrots. That "milky substance in the bag" turned me off a long time ago!

hesn92

interesting. Perhaps I will buy regular big carrots from now on. I have always wondered how those baby carrots even came to be or how they're made.

lukeout007

I read that the baby carrots are the jacked up looking carrots (the ones that aren't straight) that people don't usually buy in the stores...so farmers send them off to be turned into baby carrots rather than waste them.

Ever since I read that I've made it a point to buy as many f'd up carrots from the store as I need. I don't care at all what they look like. As long as they taste good.

That's just a myth. They have specific crops/fields dedicated to baby carrot production.

Lame.

caseyjade88

I'm reading this as I sit here eating Baby Carrots.. lol gee thanks. What about the organic ones???

cbevan1229

I don't eat them or buy them because I think they have a funny taste.

Wysteriajo

I converted to "genuine" baby carrots from the farmers' market or my farm share last year. They are a distinct variety, smaller and sweeter than a regular carrot and amazingly yummy. I've got some growing in my garden now (maybe a two-day supply but, hey, I grew them myself with nothing on 'em but dirt and cow poo!).

I won't buy the 'baby cut' any more just because they don't taste good. And they can't be any easier than tossing a whole carrot in a lunch bag.

bcampbell54

I eat 'em. I like 'em. There's nothing wrong with 'em.
If by "processed" you mean dug out of the dirt, washed and cut up, I guess we better spend out time laying in the yard, eating grass out of the ground, unless chewing food constitutes processing.

Sheesh.

MrsMangler

I always want to know "Why?" or "What's the other side?" So I found this at http://www.carrotmuseum.co.uk/babycarrot.html

According to Randy Worobo, an associate professor of food microbiology at Cornell University, you need not worry. He says carrots are not preserved in bleach but rinsed in a chlorine wash that's recommended by the FDA to kill bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli. Most pre-cut produce, including frozen vegetables and fruit salad, is washed with this or similar sanitizers.

Baby Cut and Peeled Carrots are treated with chlorine. It is used as an anti-microbial treatment to control potential contamination in the finished product. Carrots that are treated with chlorine are subsequently soaked and rinsed with potable water to remove the excess chlorine before being packaged.

Sanitizers that can be used to wash or to assist in lye peeling of fruits and vegetables are regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act as outlined in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 21, Ch. 1, Section 173.315.

Chlorine is routinely used as a sanitizer in wash, spray, and flume waters used in the fresh fruit and vegetable industry. Anti-microbial activity depends on the amount of free available chlorine (as hypochlorous acid) in water that comes in contact with microbial cells. The effectiveness of chlorine in killing pathogenic microorganisms has been extensively studied." For more information on the use of Chlorine as a routine anti-microbial sanitizer, you can visit the following government web site;
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol3no4/beuchat.htm

kittyhasclaws

With two small kids, I will stay with the convenience of baby carrots for snacking. It's hard enough to keep my son out of trouble, so every second counts. Seriously, it does. I always rinse my food anyway, so I don't see the big deal.

joy31021

wow-what about organics?