Key Takeaways
- Rinse the potatoes under cold flowing water and scrub with a firm brush to remove dirt.
- Peel potatoes for rinsing and scrubbing to further reduce the pestic seed residues.
- If you want to eat your skins, soak potatoes in a part of vinegar on three parts of water, then scrub.
As vegetables from the late harvest time, potatoes are one of the few products that I still have fresh from the farmers’ market. And if these spoves are kept properly, you should keep me in a large part of the winter.
However, this root vegetable can be one of the most difficult to clean, especially if it comes directly from the farm that has strayed with mud or dirt. I also heard that potatoes may be more susceptible to continuing pestic residues than other vegetables. I spoke to a food scientist to get information about it and the best ways to complete potatoes.
Dreck and pesticides on potatoes
The amount of dirt for potatoes that were bought in the supermarket or directly by a farmer can vary greatly. Potatoes are often washed for grocery stores (and normally from the farmers’ market) and do not have large slumps of dirt, as they would see whether they would be pulled directly from the floor. However, if you grow your own potatoes or buy from certain farmers, your dirt can hold on to your spoves very well.
Potato pestizid residues are a little more difficult to measure because they are invisible to the mere eye. “The “Dirty dozen” is an annual list of the environmental work group (EEC), which highlights the most contaminated fruit and vegetables with pesticides. educator.
Potatoes are on the dirty dozen list for 2025 due to concerns about pesticides if they are not grown organically. This is because your skin is often eaten and the soil is exposed to chemical pesticides.
However, do not be distracted by this fact from these nutrient -rich starch compound. “Personally, I think that it is better to focus on eating a variety of fruits and vegetables and not too much to emphasize whether they are on the dirty dozen list. Critics say that it often transfers the risks by ignoring them Security threshold Set up by agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), “explains Thiel.
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How to wash potatoes to remove dirt and pesticides
There are a handful of opportunities to wash your potatoes when returning from the grocery store or the farm stand that can both remove dirt and reduce the pesticide content.
The simplest and easiest way to peel your potatoes under the tap after a rinsing because it is important to remove large lumps of dirt before peeling. “Wash the potatoes under cold flowing water and displace any dirt on the skin with a firm brush or hands,” explains Thiel.
However, if you want to enjoy the taste (and the nutritional advantages) of potato shells, there are other washing methods that can help lower pestic residues, including influence. “Either wash a commercial products or do some of the white vinegar into three parts of water. Let the potatoes soak in these solutions for five to 10 minutes,” says Thiel. This should make it much easier to remove the dirt and at the same time reduce the pesticides.
There is no way to see whether all traces of pesticide are removed from their tagers at home, but these tactics should help considerably. However, if pesticides are important for you, choose organic potatoes or grow at home.
