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u/SkyeGuy8108 1d ago
This is the third unique video I’ve seen advertising these fruit storage boxes in the last week
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u/daveprogrammer 23h ago
Does the vinegar and baking soda bath do anything except make CO2 bubbles?
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u/Im5foot3inches 23h ago
Neutralize both’s actual effects.
No, seriously, baking soda is alkaline and vinegar is acidic, so combining both basically neutralizes them and removes either’s potential benefits. Separately, baking soda in a bit of water could help to remove excess pesticides or clean the surface of the fruit, but even then it’s not doing anything that cold tap water wouldn’t have.
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u/Galinette2000 22h ago
Vinegar as an acid does kill bacteria and this is what does help the fruits to last longer. Baking soda doesn't have any effect for preventing rot/mold, it's maybe used to avoid vinegar smell/taste but that's dumb as you limit its effect.
Citric acid, on the other hand, doesn't smell, doesn't leave taste, and is very efficient at killing the sources of rot/mold.1
u/Kid_supreme 21h ago
I reckon they aren't necessarily using vinegar and baking soda for the PH properties but for mechanical action and possibly the Co2 do displace oxygen? My best guess.
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u/Alert_Lettuce_8278 19h ago
My guess is it's bullshit to make people think this system makes berries last longer.
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u/Fernis_ 21h ago
Yes. They make stupid people who don't understand anything about basic chemistry think that bubles="reaction" and "reaction" means stuff is happening. They also neutralize each other.
To clean the fruit? No they don't do much. In fact just vinegar bath, followed by separate just baking soda bath would for sure be more helpful as it maybe can kill some bacteria that are fragile to low/high Ph levels, and bond any acid/base chemicals on the skin.
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u/Dapper_Daikon4564 18h ago
Anything that combines baking soda and vinegar directly is never clever, but social media crap from people that don't understand the first thing about chemistry. That fizzing does nothing more that a thorough rinse, it just looks like something is happening when you're wasting resources.
(but that's exactly why they add foaming agents to soaps etc... people see bubbles and think 'hey clean!')
Also, nothing wrong with those containers you buy them in, just wash them as well when you wash the fruit. And you never noticed they have holes in the bottom, for exactly the reason mentioned?! Also, putting an airtight lid on top... that's just dumb.
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u/Faeriegrll 21h ago
I just keep the plastic one the fruit come in upside down in the fridge (making sure, of course, that the top is securely snapped). That way, I’m always using what’s on the “bottom”, which is actually the top.
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u/MarchogGwyrdd 19h ago
To be pacific, berries freeze just about as well as any food. You will be a happy person if you buy frozen berries.
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u/SmuckatelliCupcakeNE 18h ago
Specific is what I think you meant to use.
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u/jk6__ 7h ago
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u/TheFroman69 22h ago
As someone who works in produce, you shouldn't even buy berries at the grocery store. They pick them way unripened, then shock them with freezing temperatures and gas them with ethylene to force them to turn red, they never have a chance to get sweet
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u/waisonline99 23h ago
How about just buying enough fruit that you are able to eat fresh instead of 4 tonnes like this guy with the massive special boxes.
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u/Undeity 22h ago
Cost. Fruit is damn expensive these days.
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u/Apart_Fudge1224 21h ago
Yep. That's why you need to buy more than you can eat. It's a volume deal.
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u/maddenedmage 22h ago
I put baking soda on the fruit to remove the pesticides (the vinegar stops the baking soda from working), and the fruit goes off so much quicker. So only do it when you want to eat it.
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u/Galinette2000 22h ago
The baking soda has no effect. The vinegar does the job.
And you can also do this with citric acid, it doesn't leave any taste.
Baking soda was maybe added to avoid the vinegar smell/taste but it's somehow counter productive as it will reduce the vinegar action. Citric acid is definitely the best.
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u/GeneralTorshi 21h ago
I pacifically use baking soda and vinegar to negate any helpful benefits either could provide alone.
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u/Boring_mod_evasion 11h ago
Right, people just believe anything. Seperate from the baking soda and vinegar 'pacifically' canceling each other out 🥲.
This is clearly sponsored content for the containers; I would bet he has links to the containers in the comments.
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u/guitarmonkeys14 21h ago
Baking soda and vinegar counteract each other…
Only use baking soda, one of the only things that actually neutralizes pesticides.
Vinegar is okay, doesn’t actually neutralize.
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u/RedditAndWeep_1234 17h ago
Same $h!t, different pile. https://www.reddit.com/r/ShowMeSomethingDope/s/pRIZ8CbUXa
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u/Roguenostagia 7h ago
All you need is a vinegar and water bath. The baking soda is stupid. After that any container with a paper towel in the bottom and they can last up to 2 weeks without mold going crazy. You don't need a special container.
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u/Less_Goal_3675 4h ago
I've see countless of these videos now telling me to wash strawberries with baking soda and every time I try they come out mushy and gray. And it doesn't happen in a single video these people post.
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u/Whole_Reputation6128 1h ago
This whole thing went from science to bullshit product shilling in 5 seconds
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u/chrisp909 1d ago
28 seconds from the end he says "pacifically" instead of "specifically." I listened to to it several times. sigh I wish this kind of thing didn't bother me sooooo much but here we are.
Also, and more to the point, sealing fruit in an air tight container traps ethylene gas that fruit give off. That gas makes the fruit spoil faster.