like grapefuit and strawberries??
2007-01-31 11:34:47 · 9 answers · asked by brak_the_hun 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
The white residue is wax. Companies wax their fruit for appearance and, if the water it is watered with in the grocery store or the truck it was transported in was kind of warmish the wax turns a dusty whitish color. IT IS NOT PESTICIDE. But, you should still wash your fruit and veggies thoroughly even cantaloupes, watermelons, everything!!!!
2007-01-31 12:00:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never seen white powdery stuff on produce.. unless you mean mold. Are they fresh or old? If they are fresh from store and come like that, I would shop for produce elsewhere.
2007-01-31 11:39:55 · answer #2 · answered by shugarmagnolia420 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
on the grounds which you assert it hardened, i will assert it grew to become into no longer potassium hydroxide from an alkaline battery, as this absorbs moisture from the air. So it grew to become into the two ammonium chloride or zinc chloride, yet on the grounds that zinc chloride additionally strongly absorbs moisture, it would desire to be ammonium chloride, that's genuinely used in nutrition. in diverse countries, ammonium chloride, typical as sal ammoniac, is used as nutrition additive below the E selection E510, usually as a yeast nutrient in breadmaking. that's a feed supplement for farm animals and an element in nutritive media for yeasts and many microorganisms. Ammonium chloride is used to advance dark candies stated as salty liquorice, in baking to grant cookies a very crisp texture, and in the flavouring Salmiakki Koskenkorva for vodkas. In India and Pakistan, that's used to enhance the crispiness of snacks alongside with samosas and jalebi.
2016-11-23 18:41:01 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm as far as powder first thing is always wash your produce. second it could just be some fragments of the food grade wax they use on most produce to preserve moisture and freshness
2007-01-31 11:40:38 · answer #4 · answered by neesie_kay 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never seen this, but I would wash it off unless it's mold. Strawberries can only be washed right before they are eaten or they spoil.
2007-01-31 11:41:51 · answer #5 · answered by kitttyinct.@sbcglobal.net 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have never seen white powder on produce. I suggest you don't buy it and start shopping somewhere else.
2007-01-31 11:43:23 · answer #6 · answered by Terra T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Could be wax for apperance, or it could be residue from pesticides and stuff...best bet..buy organic fruits and veggies without pesticies and crap...that way you know its safe to eat.
2007-01-31 11:43:41 · answer #7 · answered by jmk_jenmarie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
insecticides.
Wash all produce before cutting or eating.
2007-01-31 11:39:14 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if it's not mold i don't know what you're talking about
2007-01-31 11:43:40 · answer #9 · answered by westartednothing 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋