Do you buy baby carrots for your dog?

[fairlight]

>
> The small cocktail (baby) carrots you buy in small plastic
> bags are made
> using the larger crooked or deformed carrots which are put
> through a machine
> which cuts and shapes them into cocktail carrots .
>
> Most people probably know this already.
>
> What you may not know and should know is the following:
> once the carrots are
> cut and shaped into cocktail carrots they are dipped in a
> solution of water
> and chlorine in order to preserve them (this is the same
> chlorine used your
> pool) since they do not have their skin or natural
> protective covering, they
> give them a higher dose of chlorine.
>
> You will notice that once you keep these carrots in your
> refrigerator for a
> few days, a white covering will form on the carrots, this
> is the chlorine
> which resurfaces. At what cost do we put our health at risk
> to have
> esthetically pleasing vegetables which are practically
> plastic?
>
> We do hope that this information can be passed on to as
> many people as
> possible in the hopes of informing them where these carrots
> come from and
> how they are processed. Chlorine is a very well known
> carcinogen.

[BabyElephant]

Hmm, that's interesting - our "baby carrots" in the UK are just that, baby carrots of a specific variety that only grow to a small size. They still have skins on etc. I've never seen baby carrots that are shaped in the way you describe.

[fairlight]

I used to buy them years ago as a quick snack BE, but they cost more than a regular bag of carrots. When this article was sent to me I read it and agreed. I had baby carrots sitting in the fridge and after a short time they got a white film over them. (and no it was not mold).

[BabyElephant]

Actually we have carrot sticks that are cut and shaped from carrots (obviously ) I wonder if in the UK they use the same process as they do with these baby carrots? I'll have to find out now!

[fairlight]

Originally Posted by BabyElephant

Actually we have carrot sticks that are cut and shaped from carrots (obviously ) I wonder if in the UK they use the same process as they do with these baby carrots? I'll have to find out now!

Here, I have never seen baby carrots without the skin. Theres are in a plastic bag and ared modified and shaped to the size of your thumb.

[EmmaGirl]

I buy the frozen sliced carrots for them. They love them.

[Moo]

We don't buy prepared carrots... Hard on the environment when you can prepare your own. How lazy can people be.

[fairlight]

Originally Posted by Moo

We don't buy prepared carrots... Hard on the environment when you can prepare your own. How lazy can people be.

I took the lazy route Moo but not very often. Those baby carrots costs too much in the bag. ....Just wondering though...I would give my pooches carrots without the skin. Does it make a difference if I left the skin on?

[Moo]

I usually feed my dogs just the skins and tops when I'm preparing the whole carrots for human food. The dogs still seem to be quite alive and well. lol

Other occasions they'll split a whole carrot- washed of course.

[fairlight]

So it really doesn't matter if the skin is on or not? Geeze, for years I have been peeling the skins off. I know that the skins on most vegetables carry the most nutrients but I was told to take the skins off. Thanks Moo...you have made life a lot easier over here.