Dubai, United Arab Emirates – Although small canned carrots, or what is known as “BB Carrot”, seem at first glance to be a healthy and ideal fast food option, the truth is completely different from what food companies promote.
There are a number of reasons why you might want to rethink before you put a bag of them in your shopping cart:
Not a small island
Despite the name, what is sold as small carrots are actually large carrots. They have been cut and polished to look small and attractive.
True baby islands are islands that have not yet fully grown, are irregular in shape, and are not perfectly cylindrical.
It doesn’t taste like natural carrots
Canned carrots often lack the sweet, natural flavor of real carrots.
Its taste is closer to a manufactured taste than to the taste of fresh vegetables.
Try a simple comparison between it and fresh carrots, and you will notice the difference immediately.
Wash with chlorine solution
Before packing, the baby carrots are washed with a diluted chlorine solution for sterilization.
Although companies say it is then rinsed off, the question remains: Do you want your snack to have been “bathed” with chlorine?!
susceptible to drought and rot
Because all its sides are cut off, small carrots dry up quickly.
This results in a white layer. It then turns into a sticky mass inside the bag even before it is opened.
More expensive than regular carrots
On average, small carrots cost about $1.30 – $1.50 per pound, compared to just $1 for whole carrots.
That is, you pay more for a product that is processed, cut, and washed with chemicals.
