Tips for Storing Fruits and Vegetables

When you store produce in the fridge, separate fruit and vegetables into different drawers and set the humidity control appropriately.

• Fruit = Low Humidity
• Veggies = High Humidity 

5 “Good to Know” Produce Tips

1. Wash your fresh produce right before you use it, not before you store it.
2. Don’t store fruit and veggies together. Fruits that give off high levels of ethylene (the ripening agent) can prematurely ripen and spoil surrounding vegetables.
3. Don’t cram vegetables together—the closer they are, the faster they will rot. Let them breath!
4. Onions and potatoes—both don’t require refrigeration, but they shouldn’t be stored together. The onion will make your potatoes sprout.
5. If you buy fresh herbs with the roots still attached (like from a farmers’ market), leave the bunch of herbs on the countertop in a glass filled with water.

​Source:  Swanson Vitamins Newsletter, August, 2017