Why oh why dear produce growers do you insist on waxing our fruit?
A shiny apple is beautiful. One covered in white sludge after washing is NOT.
—shiny not waxy
This article appears in Mar 26 – Apr 1, 2009.
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Did you check where it came from? Likely travelled thousands of kilometers. If not, it was harvested 7 months ago. Either way it’s not gonna look pretty without some doctoring up.
That’s nasty. I’d go organic from then on.
Picked fruit gets washed and brushed, which happens to remove natural wax. Which is why a commercial wax made from natural ingredients is applied to the fruit before packing.
Unless you don’t mind buying dried out, soft and wrinkly apples and pears, I wouldn’t complain too much about the waxing.
mmmmmmm… waxing my fruit…
now I know why I don’t eat enough fruit…
that sounds pretty nasty. Shouldn’t have to tolerate that what with the valley so close by.
Is that what the kids are calling it these days..’waxing my fruit’