UMaine research cited in Epicurious report about fruit, vegetable washes
Research from the University of Maine was cited in the Epicurious article, “The truth about those fruit and vegetable washes.” A study conducted by UMaine’s Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition tested a popular produce wash, Fit, alongside distilled water and a couple other methods to see how they would work against microbes and pesticides, according to the article. “Fit washes got rid of roughly the same amount of microbes as distilled water,” researchers found. The authors of a University of Maine Cooperative Extension bulletin on the study state that since “produce washes are costly,” consumers might as well use distilled water or “very clean cold tap water,” the article states. Fox News also carried the report.