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What Is the Best Way to Clean Produce Bought from the Supermarket?

What Is the Best Way to Clean Produce Bought from the Supermarket? (0:42)

The best way to wash produce depends on the fruit or veggie. Watch this video featuring registered dietitian Frances Largeman-Roth to learn which produce is best washed right away and which should be swished seconds before eating.

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The best way to clean produce that you get home from the grocery store depends on what the produce is so for example berries are very delicate and as soon as you wash them they start to break down so do not wash the berries until right before you're going to eat them, keep them in the container they are going to last longer that way and then for leafy greens and leafy herbs things like that, wash them and if you're not going to use them right away, put them into a large zipped up bag with a clean paper towel.

The paper towel is going to absorb the moisture so that you don't get mold growing inside the bag and it's also going to keep them nice and crisp.