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| Here's The Honest Truth About Baby Carrots
Inside: Heard rumors that baby carrots are soaked in chemicals–or even worse, not even "real carrots"? Here are the facts! For such a kid-friendly veggie, baby carrots have sure been the target of some nasty online smears. Rumors about toxic chemicals abound. So do accusations that baby carrots aren't even "real carrots". So what's truth and what's fiction? Here are answers to your burning baby carrot questions! Are baby carrots real carrots? Yes, baby carrots are carrots. They are not some creepy lab-grown food–or a fusion of leftover carrot scraps. Technically, baby carrots are carrots that are picked when they're still small. You might see these sold in stores with the greens tops left on. Baby-cut carrots are a special variety of carrot that grows long and narrow, and they're cut by machines into smaller pieces after harvest. The outsides are polished and peeled, and the edges are rounded. They're washed, bagged, and ready to eat. They were invented by a farmer who started cutting imperfect, cosmetically-challenged carrots into smaller pieces to avoid wasting them. They were a hit among customers, and carrot consumption has actually doubled since they officially came on the market in the early 1990s. Keep Reading Here's The Honest Truth About Baby Carrots at Real Mom Nutrition |
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