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You mean they grow in dirt?!(fruit/vegetable washes)(Buyers Guide)

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| July 01, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Pity humanity. We've been eating fruits and vegetables for millennia, but only now are we told how to eat them right: after a liberal dousing with a commercial fruit-and-vegetable wash.

You've seen these products. Labels feature shining produce and claims such as "the taste nature intended."

The best-selling produce wash, Procter & Gamble's Fit, $4.99 for 8.5 ounces, is a mild soap solution. Heinz's Fruit &Vegetable Wash, $4.29 for 32 ounces, with "the natural cleaning power of vinegar," is not much more than vinegar, water, and flavoring. Arm & Hammer entered the market with its Pure Baking Soda, repackaged in a plastic shaker bottle, 89 cents for 12 ounces, that "naturally cleans fruits and vegetables." It's a little grittier and a lot more expensive than the basic box product.

Our taste testers compared grapes doused in each of five ...

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