Why You Might Want to Consider Washing Your Bagged and Ready to Eat Lettuce: A Photo Montage
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01 Jul Why You Might Want to Consider Washing Your Bagged and Ready to Eat Lettuce: A Photo Montage

Posted at 22:25h in fitness and nutrition, Fruits and Veggies by

As I was preparing a salad tonight, the lettuce just looked…dirty. Normally, I don’t wash the triple washed lettuce that one finds in any local grocery store nowadays. For some reason, tonight was different though and I embarked on a little experiment. See below for my horrifying results. This just may be the thing that prompts you to get the salad spinner out of the cupboard and put your kid to work spinning lettuce.

The lettuce in question

The OXO Salad Spinner that was used in the demonstration

The lettuce after 3 times in the spinner

The water in the bowl after the 3rd washing. Yes, the 3rd washing. Imagine what it looked like after the first. This should convince you to start washing. Don’t let a breakout of E. Coli be the one thing that does convince you.

2 Comments
  • MyDailyQuestion
    Posted at 18:10h, 06 July

    Yuck! That's serious stuff.

  • Danielle
    Posted at 06:52h, 14 July

    Thank you so much for doing this and opening my eyes to the evil of pre-washed salad. That is just really gross.

    Danielle Omar, MS, RD