Homemade Vegetable Wash/Preserver Produce Wash - Make Your Own

Mama's Kitchen (Hope)'s Note:

Easy and economical. Ideal for rinsing produce when you cannot get or afford to buy Organic. Removes a lot of residue like chemicals, pesticides and other matter quickly and easily. I saw this on Oprah and had to share! NOTE: Make sure to mix this in a DEEP pitcher. The baking soda and vinegar will react and foam everywhere if you do not. (just ask any elementary school kid who has ever made a volcano for science class)

• Total Time: 2 mins
• Prep Time: 2 mins
• Cook Time: 0 mins

Ingredients:

Yield: 1 bottle

• 1 cup water
• 1 cup vinegar
• 1 tablespoon baking soda
• 20 drops grapefruit seed extract (you can find this in your healthy food store, natural antibacterial) (optional)

Directions:

1. Mix all ingredients together in a DEEP pitcher. See note above!
2. Pour into a spray bottle.
3. Spray on fruits and or vegetables and allow to sit for 5 or 10 minutes before rinsing.

Reviews

[wellness_gal]

Sorry to disappoint everyone, but grapefruit extract scores a "4" on the scale of 1 to 10 in the cosmetic safety database (http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com).

See below cut and pasted from the website.

We live in such a toxic world, I didn't want you all to go on thinking this is safe.

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CITRUS GRANDIS (GRAPEFRUIT) SEED EXTRACT
Preservative; ASTRINGENT; SKIN CONDITIONING; TONIC
SCORE 4
moderate hazard

100%
data gap

(why scores have changed)



Also listed asCITRUS GRANDIS SEED EXTRACT; CITRUS PARADISI SEED EXTRACT; EXTRACT OF CITRUS GRANDIS SEED; EXTRACT OF GRAPEFRUIT SEED; EXTRACT OF GRAPEFRUIT SEEDS; GRAPEFRUIT SEED EXTRACT; GRAPEFRUIT SEEDS EXTRACT; CITRUS SEED EXTRACT; GRAPEFRUIT, EXT.


Given the incomplete information made available by companies and the government, EWG provides additional information on personal care product ingredients from the published scientific literature. The chart below indicates that research studies have found that exposure to this ingredient -- not the products containing it -- caused the indicated health effect(s) in the studies reviewed by Skin Deep researchers. Actual health risks, if any, will vary based on the level of exposure to the ingredient and individual susceptibility -- information not available in Skin Deep.

This ingredient:
Cancer
Developmental/reproductive toxicity
Restrictions & warnings
Allergies/immunotoxicity
Contamination concerns - BENZETHONIUM CHLORIDE, METHYLPARABEN, TRICLOSAN
Other strong concerns for this ingredient:
Multiple, additive exposure sources
Lesser or emerging concerns for this ingredient:
Data gaps

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[SheenaK]

This is great!! Works and smell good too :)

[Mary K. W.]

This is a great produce wash. I've probably made up 5 or 6 batches and I use it on all fresh produce ... LOVE IT!