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Storage and Preservation Tips

Why You Should Remove Your Carrot Tops Immediately By Kristine Belonio Sept. 28, 2025 11:20 am EST

Storing vegetables for later use may seem easy, but that's actually not always the case, especially for carrots. You might have stored fresh carrots with their tops still on in your fridge only for them to end up soft, rubbery, or limp in a few days. Unbeknownst to you, the culprit was never the adjacent veggies or the temperature inside your refrigerator. Instead, it might have been the carrots' leafy green tops.

While the green tops of the veggie may help it look beautiful and fresh, they tend to act like little straws, pulling moisture and nutrients out of the roots. This means leaving them attached can make the carrots lose their crisp snap

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