Mostly these days it’s my husband who does the grocery shopping. I make the list, he gets the things, he comes home and I put everything away.
If it were up to me I’d buy enough groceries for an entire year and be done with it. But he has a burning desire to leave the house everyday and well, I don’t. But every once in a while, I’ll go with him.
Yada yada yada… I went with The HH to Market Basket the other day and spotted this in the produce section.
Veggie Wash!? Would you buy this? How is this even a thing? What’s wrong with using just water?
Are you kidding me? People wash their produce with soap? I had no idea.
Would you buy this? Curious minds want to know.
~Mavis
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Nancy Settel says
They are advertizing something like this on tv buy one bottle get one free (yeah) and it is $24.95 plus shipping of course. I thought who buys this stuff? When I am soaking my broccoli I just put it in a big bowl of water with a few pinches of baking soda and sometimes a bit of salt. Of course if I could sell it for $24.95 I would. That is crazy.
Erin says
If it’s store-bought produce, I do wash it. They put all kinds of chemicals & waxes on that stuff. My wash is simply some water & vinegar, or some water & baking soda, though. I’d never buy a product like this! Seems like such a waste of money. If it’s produce I’ve grown at home, then I just do a simple water rinse.
Alice says
No way! That ingredient list is scary but the precaution statement is worse. “Avoid contact with eyes”! What? And you’re supposed to eat the end result?
Tammy says
I remember getting a free sample of a similar product years ago. I used it up and never bought it again. I found a little baking soda in water for soaking grapes or whatever goes a great job for any produce I can’t wash individually.
Connie says
Our husbands are twins in that respect. After doing all the shopping for years I am glad. Though I go to Costco with him occasionally.
I would buy food for year too! I am a homebody.
Martine says
Nope … not with all those nasty ingredients. Ever since I can remember, I have been soaking ALL of my veggies for 15-20 minutes in cold water with a pinch of sea salt. I swear, it makes the veggies crisper and taste even fresher.
Ashley B says
Water and a gentle scrub work well too…..lol
Dawn says
With all those chemicals in it it would probably be safer to eat the pesticide. I wash my produce in water with a little vinegar or baking soda. Seems to do the trick.
Lesley says
Never in a million years would I spray those chemicals on my already-chemically produce.
Rosemary says
Nope. Washing with water is enough unless you have a garden and the veggies are really dirty . . . I use the hose to rinse off the veggies before I bring them into the house. Then they get a more thorough “rinsing”. I do not wash my fruit and veggies with soap – potatoes may need a “scrubbing” . . .
Samantha says
Noooo way! Water and a bit of vinegar.
Sue says
Naw, not buying it.
Just about everything, natural or not, shouldn’t go in your eyes.
But foaming agents, perfumes, & mold inhibitors? Yech.
Root veggies? Plain water & a scrub brush.
Leafy veggies and anything with lots of nooks and crannies? Water & vinegar soak.
Wax-coated tree fruits and citrus? Water & baking soda; hand scrub.
Ramona says
No, I wouldn’t buy that product. I’ve always just run water over my fruit and vegies, sometimes use a bowl to swish things around. I rinse everything including melons, maybe not everything, I don’t rinse bananas.
I know a few people that don’t bother to rinse anything off, just cut into whatever. I think of all the people that have handled the produce. Pickers, packagers, workers putting them on display, all the people picking out what produce they will purchase that touch before finding just the right one.
Brianna says
I am the same. Just a quick rinse with water.
I feel the bottle of veggie wash needs an asterisk behind the claim “removes waxes, pesticides, and soil.” It doesn’t seem like a foolproof product or a product that removes specific pesticides and probably based on fear mongering, especially with all the produce recalls. Either way, the recalls are generally based on bacterial contamination like e.coli or salmonella. This product is useless for that. Maybe they should add an antimicrobial enzyme to the ingredients?
Ellen says
Nope: some warm water and a bit of Seventh Generation dish soap are plenty for me and I know what’s in that soap.
MB says
Ditto to plain soap (something basic) and water for things like apples, tomatoes and cucumbers and a vinegar and water soak for berries, grapes, etc. I used to just wipe apples etc off but we have an immunocompromised kiddo so we need to be extra vigilant with bacteria and germs from other hands. I am not a fan of “veggie washes”- seems like a $ grab when basic things work really well.
Rosaleen says
Water or water with vinegar for washing produce. Done
Elise in the SF Bay Area says
There was a notice about avocados (skins) being highly contaminated from handling, so I started washing those with soap before cutting, but anything else just rinse under the tap. I have soaked some berries a few times (in vinegar, I think), and that really does prolong their fridge life.
Alecia Loveless says
No.
But Market Basket for the win! We drive 50 minutes both ways to shop at Market Basket. For a full shopping cart we pay $130-$145. At my local grocery store the same full cart would be $225-$240.
sandy says
My Father was a produce broker, my grandparents all in the produce business. They used to laugh at “organic” produce, they thought all produce was organic.
I rinse everything, avocados, onions, etc. But no soap, no vinegar, and no soaking.
I was raised visiting the Grand Central Produce Market in Los Angeles-where we would walk around all the stalls and taste the lugs of fruit from growers – No washing, other than what the growers did at their packing house. My Dad carried his “special knife”, he would cut a fruit open to taste, then decide the quality. He purchased for large stores, restaurants and specialty sellers. Never got sick!
Nancy H. says
I wash some things with soap. Think watermelon or cantaloupe. I just use dish soap and rinse well afterwards. I started this after a there was an ecole outbreak. I don’t want to carry the germs into the fruit as I cut it with a knife. Perhaps if I had not worked in the fields as a teenager I would not think this was necessary, but I have seen what goes on out there.
Some things I soak in vinegar water. Think strawberries. I rinse well and spread out on a towel to dry. I then pack them in a container in the frig. I find that they last longer once the bacteria are gone.
Most things just get rinsed well, some I use a scrub brush on. Think potatoes. But I do those just before we use them.
So in answer to you question, yes I do use soap in some of my veggies and fruit,
KC says
If we’re zesting citrus fruits, they get a hard scrub with dishsoap (and a thorough rinse and dry) first to get the wax [and whatever else!] off. Otherwise mostly things get washed with water, sometimes a bit of dishsoap – I know some people are sensitive to certain things that have been sprayed on some fruits and veggies and therefore scrub those types of produce with special products so they can eat their fresh produce without having a nasty reaction, and some people use things in their produce-wash that reduce the growth of mold so they can wash everything as it goes into the fridge and be able to just grab and eat, but we have no known specific pesticide issues and generally we stick with wash-immediately-before-use. But definitely *wash* and sometimes with soapy water!