Buy Organic: Top 10 Best Fruits or Vegetables
Interested in the 10 best fruits or vegetables to buy organically?
Or the 10 that are the least affected by pesticides?
Of course, any and every food that you can buy organic, you should. But now, Environmental Working Group has a great list on their site: 43 fruits and veggies, and their pesticide loads.
This page shows rank (worst to best of organic foods), and this page shows the full report.
The breakdown…
Top 10: the worst (highest pesticide load)
1. peaches
2. apples
3. sweet bell peppers
4. celery
5. nectarines
6. strawberries
7. cherries
8. lettuce
9. grapes (imported)
10. pears
Bottom 10: the best (lowest pesticide load)
1. onions
2. avocados
3. sweet corn - frozen
4. pineapples
5. mango
6. sweet peas - frozen
7. asparagus
8. kiwi
9. bananas
10. cabbage
About a month back, I posted the 12 Most Important Organic Foods. So, it looks like my list isn’t too far off of this, the definitive, list of risky to safe fruits and veggies:
beef
milk
coffee
strawberries (#6th worst)
apples (#2nd worst)
peaches (the worst!)
bell peppers (#3rd worst)
celery (#4th worst)
lettuces (#8th worst)
grapes (#9th worst)
potatoes (#12th worst)
tomatoes (#29th worst)
I’ll say it again: eat organic, and you should have less worry about these splits!
I’m not surprised that apples is on the list. A few years ago, I went to a farmer’s day celebration. They were passing out apples. I remember getting so sick to my stomach after eating it. It had to be the apple that bothered because that was all I ate. Obviously, they hadn’t washed them before passing them out. Ever since that day, I’ve been very careful about washing fruits and vegetables.
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