The Clean Fifteen

Appears in
The New Food Processor Bible: 30th Anniversary Edition

By Norene Gilletz

Published 2011

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The following fruits and vegetables are listed from least to most contaminated. Most have thick skins which protect them from sprayed pesticides:
  1. onions
  2. avocados
  3. sweet corn (frozen)
  4. pineapple
  5. mango (subtropical and tropical)
  6. sweet peas (frozen)
  7. asparagus
  8. kiwi (subtropical and tropical)
  9. cabbage
  10. eggplant
  11. cantaloupe (domestic)
  12. watermelon
  13. grapefruit
  14. sweet potato
  15. honeydew melon