Guest guest Posted May 29, 2005 Report Share Posted May 29, 2005 Safety <Snip> If you do purchase non-organic apples, you may want to ask your grocer about the kind of wax used to protect the apple’s surface during storage or shipping. Carnauba wax (from the carnauba palm tree), beeswax, and shellac (from the lac beetle) are preferable to petroleum-based waxes, which contain solvent residues or wood rosins. http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice & dbid=15 Sad that they use animal products to coat a fruit. Wonder what other veggies that they coat with this stuff ? Vijay _____________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 I understood ( a while back granted ) that it was the Red ones that you Yanks like to grow that were shellaced?! The Valley Vegan......rvijay07 <rvijay07 wrote: SafetyIf you do purchase non-organic apples, you may want to ask your grocer about the kind of wax used to protect the apple’s surface during storage or shipping. Carnauba wax (from the carnauba palm tree), beeswax, and shellac (from the lac beetle) are preferable to petroleum-based waxes, which contain solvent residues or wood rosins.http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice & dbid=15Sad that they use animal products to coat a fruit. Wonder what other veggies that they coat with this stuff ?Vijay_____________No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 yeah....generally..... peter hurd Jun 1, 2005 2:44 AM Re: Is Apple Vegan ?!!! I understood ( a while back granted ) that it was the Red ones that you Yanks like to grow that were shellaced?! The Valley Vegan......rvijay07 <rvijay07 wrote: SafetyIf you do purchase non-organic apples, you may want to ask your grocer about the kind of wax used to protect the apple’s surface during storage or shipping. Carnauba wax (from the carnauba palm tree), beeswax, and shellac (from the lac beetle) are preferable to petroleum-based waxes, which contain solvent residues or wood rosins.http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice & dbid=15Sad that they use animal products to coat a fruit. Wonder what other veggies that they coat with this stuff ?Vijay_____________No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 1, 2005 Report Share Posted June 1, 2005 Almost all apples are waxed for shelf life. Fresh, waxed, refridgerated and then sold months later. Lynda - peter hurd Wednesday, June 01, 2005 2:44 AM Re: Is Apple Vegan ?!!! I understood ( a while back granted ) that it was the Red ones that you Yanks like to grow that were shellaced?! The Valley Vegan......rvijay07 <rvijay07 wrote: SafetyIf you do purchase non-organic apples, you may want to ask your grocer about the kind of wax used to protect the apple’s surface during storage or shipping. Carnauba wax (from the carnauba palm tree), beeswax, and shellac (from the lac beetle) are preferable to petroleum-based waxes, which contain solvent residues or wood rosins.http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice & dbid=15Sad that they use animal products to coat a fruit. Wonder what other veggies that they coat with this stuff ?Vijay_____________No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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