On Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:41:29 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
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>On Monday, July 22, 2013 5:56:06 AM UTC-10, Moe DeLoughan wrote:
>> On 7/22/2013 12:16 AM, The Other Guy wrote:
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>> > On Sun, 21 Jul 2013 20:42:03 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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>> >>>> http://worldtruth.tv/why-baby-carrots-are-killing-you/
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>> >>> We don't get these in Australia, or not where I am anyway. Baby
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>> >>> carrots actually come in bunches with the foliage still attached.
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>> >>> We also get a sort of stumpy mini variety that comes with tops, tails
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>> >>> and skin still on.
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>> >> I have grown those but you won't see them here unless perhaps you go to a
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>> >> Farmer's Market.
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>> > Original post IS, simply, bullshit.
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>> > http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp
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>> I'm glad someone beat me to it. How anyone could fall for a claim that
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>> whole baby carrots are an amalgamation of bits and pieces is beyond
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>> me. Just biting one will tell you it's a whole carrot.
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>> Food faddists make up the most absolute bosh about food in order to
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>> scare people into falling for their ridiculous claims about what
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>> constitutes healthy vs unhealthy eating practices.
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>My assumption is that the fake baby carrots are a waste product from the vegetable canners i.e., broken bits that are processed to look attractive. This does not mean that they grind up the carrots and glue them together. They just smooth out the broken edges using an abrasive process to make the pieces marketable.

Even if that was true, what is wrong with that?
Janet US