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'Baby' Carrots Are Just Cut Up Normal-Sized ... - Business Insider Oct 29th 2013, 16:53 Shocking news of the day: Baby carrots aren't actually baby-sized carrots. They are cut into the cute two-inch carrots by a machine.  According to 100 days of real food, the waste from this process (at least that created by CalOrganic varieties) is used as shredded carrots or as "mash" that goes into cattle feed.  There have also been rumors that these carrots are washed or soaked in "chlorine" during the cutting and peeling process. This seems to be true for some varieties, but the level of chlorine is very low. It is used as an anti-microbial to stop bacteria from growing on the carrots, since they are moist and don't have skin to protect them.  When they are in season, you can usually find real baby carrots at your local farmers market. You know they are real because they have the skin, and usually the tops, still attached.  But that's not all. Plenty of other of their own.  Here's the video from Producepedia, on YouTube: (hredirect.viglink.com?key=11fe087258b6fc0532a5ccfc924805c0&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.buzzfeed.com%2Fkatienotopoulos%2Fthe-extremely-upsetting-truth-about-baby-carrots" target="_blank">on BuzzFeed using GIFs) SEE ALSO:  The Truth About Baby Vegetables Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/baby-carrots-are-just-cut-up-normal-sized-carrots-2013-10

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