Ever given a thought that washing the veggies and fruits bought from the market with water would make them perfectly clean? Sorry to say but the latest tests prove that merely using water as cleansing agent does not leave them all clean.
Some people use vinegar and some even use soap. But are these techniques as effective as they should be? Keeping the same in mind a group of bimonthly American cooking magazine Cook’s Illustrated decided and conducted a small test.
In the test, they washed fruit with just one of the following solutions:
1. Antibacterial soap (not okay as food safety experts maintain that soap isn’t something one should eat)
2. One part vinegar and three parts water
3. Scrubbing with a brush
4. Plain water
After washing the fruit they rubbed a sterilized cotton swab outside the fruit. The leftover grime accumulated on the swabs was then placed in Petri dishes and kept at 80F for many days.
The result obtained show that the best solution is of water and vinegar as it helped getting rid off 98 percent of the germs. The second best option is to use a scrubbing brush as it removed a tiny bit more than just water alone.
To get the same level of cleanliness at your home all one has to do is spray the fruit with sufficient amount of vinegar and then rinse it under the tap. The cold water helps in washing away the residual flavor from the vinegar, and finishes the cleaning process.
Now I leave it up to you to decide that you continue using the traditional way of cleaning fruits and vegetables with plain water or switch over to a vinegar solution.
Source:Allwomenstalk
