5.They’re rinsed with chlorine. To prevent “microbial contamination,” all baby carrots are treated with a weak chlorine solution before packaging. While they are rinsed afterward, do you really want to eat something that’s been doused in chlorinated water? Or give it to kids? For me, that’s a hard no.
6.They can develop a weird white film and get slimy. Since these carrots are entirely composed of cut sides, they’re more prone to drying out and developing carrot blush, a thin white film from dehydration. Even worse, they can get slimy inside the bag, sometimes before it’s even opened, which is just downright gross.
7.They’re actually pretty expensive. Prices vary, but on average, a pound of regular carrots costs about $1. A pound of baby carrots, however, ranges from $1.30 to $1.50. That’s a 33 percent markup for someone else cutting your carrots, subjecting them to a beauty treatment, and giving them a chlorine rinse? Not worth it.
8.It takes two minutes to cut your own carrots. Seriously. You can enjoy better carrots, save energy and money, and avoid supporting an industry obsessed with promoting false vegetable beauty standards if you just buy a bag of “adult” carrots and cut them yourself. It’ll take two minutes—less time than you spent reading this article.
