All-Natural Fruit and Vegetable Pesticide Wash

vegetable washIn an ideal world we wouldn’t have to worry about chemicals on our fruits and veggies. We would all be gardeners or organic food would be priced differently or some chemical-free way to keep produce fresh would be discovered. But this isn’t an ideal world, and so called food-grade waxes and harsh pesticides coat the majority of produce the majority of people buy. Unfortunately, a quick rinse in water won’t get rid of the waxy coating or the pesticides.

How to Make Natural Fruit and Vegetable Rinse- to get rid of nasty pesticides & the wax coating found on a lot of store-bought fruits. This will make your fruit taste so much better!

If the pesticides were water soluble, farmers would have to apply them after every single rain or dewy morning, which is both expensive and labor intensive. Dish soap is one way to get rid of the nasty stuff, but I prefer an even more natural route-vinegar! It doesn’t make your fruit or vegetables taste like vinegar, I promise.

You will need…
-1 cup of water
-1/2 cup of white distilled vinegar
-A decent sized bowl

vegetable rinse ingredients

Directions
Mix together the water and vinegar and submerge fruit or veggies. Swish and scrub for at least thirty seconds. Run under cool running water for another 15-30 seconds, and enjoy!

Your now not-waxy produce will have a healthy glow (not an unnatural shine) and will offer up a whole new level of produce enjoyment.

It will feel different too so don’t be ashamed, just feel the fruit, nobody is judging! Keep in mind this might shorten the shelf life of the produce, so rinse just before eating.

fruit in the bowl
organic apple


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3 Comments

  1. Balamurugan says:

    Yes. Nowadays all fruits covered with wax. I used to clean this with Warm water + salt , dip it for 1 Min. Then clean the water with running water. I will try your option also.

  2. Keith says:

    How long can you keep the vinegar solution for and how many washes in total can you do before it goes bad? I assume after a while there will be too much pesticides and contaminant build up in the water because after each use more of it is washed of the fruit and into the solution. So eventually the amount of chemicals in there will be too much and you will have to throw it away. How many uses and how much time do I have before this happens?

  3. Barry says:

    Thats interesting Claire. Thank jou

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