What The Fuzzy White Coating On Baby Carrots Is

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Fresh produce is expensive, and it’s extremely frustrating when you bring fruit and veggies home from the grocery store, only to have them go bad a couple of days later. When buying a bag of baby carrots, you may notice that before long, they become covered in a fuzzy white coating. And while many people (including myself) take this to mean that the carrots have gone bad, this isn’t actually the case.This white coating is commonly referred to as “carrot blush” or “white blush.” While this may look like Source Coatings

the beginnings of mold, it’s actually just the carrot

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