Baby Carrots - Water in Bag

United States
August 11, 2011 3:02pm CST
I love getting baby carrots because I am much more likely to incorporate vegetables into my diet if they are ready to eat than if I have to prepare them at all. Here is my issue with baby carrots; I can not stand all the water that is in the bag with them. I try to open the bag, pour off the liquid and let them air out for a few days before eating them. I would rather have slightly dry carrots than wet slimy ones. Does this bother anyone else?
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@stringer321 (5643)
• Kiryat Ata, Israel
14 Aug 11
I also don't like the water with the baby carrots. Don't you think it's easy to just pill the normal carrots and eat them ? And what about drinking them ? There are special juice making machines that you can put carrots in them and get carrot juice out. carrot juice contains the vitamins of many carrots , and it's easier for digestion , the vitamins and mineral and all go fast fresh to the blood flow , giving energy and joy. :P Though you still need to wash and pill the carrots before drinking them...
• United States
15 Aug 11
Thanks for the reply. We have thought about purchasing a juicer, but the good ones are far too expensive. I did buy carrot juice once and drink it. I wasn't a big fan. I like raw carrots, but in the juice the earthiness of them was too concentrated for my liking.
@JoyfulOne (6232)
• United States
12 Aug 11
Baby carrots are nice, but I quit buying them a long time ago. When carrots go to market from the farm, the mis-shaped, and bad ones are culled out. The bad spots are taken off and then they go through a machine that makes them into smaller pieces. The theory is that mis-shapen, or bad, carrots won't sell, so only the perfect ones are bagged whole, and the rest go through a treatment. They're NOT actually baby carrots, they are the outcasts that have been made into smaller carrots. That being said, since they have had their outer protective part taken off, they have to keep extra moisture in the bag to keep them from drying out. BUT, that extra moisture also makes them spoil quicker...hence they get slimy quicker as they age. Yes, it bothers me, and that's why I no longer buy them. I put a lot in my grandson's school lunch every day, and I find I would rather take the time and cut up a few days worth (store them in a jar with a few drops of water), than to have them get slimy and throw them away before I get to use them all up. Another thing about the baby carrots: since they've been extra processed, you pay twice as much for them, and get a lower quality product...just sayin' lol.
• United States
15 Aug 11
Thank you for your reply. I do realize that they are not true baby carrots. Also fine by me that they are made from the misshapen carrots that otherwise wouldn't sell. I've grown carrots before and depending on the soil they are grown in a lot of them come out odd shapes. I've tried buying regular carrots and just keeping some cut up ones on hand, but never got the habit to work. I was frankly too lazy to keep up with it. Right now I am pregnant and really don't have the energy to peel and cut my own. I'll have to work on that.