pesticides, GMOs), far from being natural, will help them

produce prettier, often altering the taste and especially the

With ugly fruits and vegetables we fight
nutritional quality of the product.

against food wast

As for mobile phones, it is common knowledge that many of

them do not hesitate to wash the products with bleached Ugly fruits and vegetables
water so that they are very clean or to pearl their apple with

protective wax to make them shiny for example. Eating ugly

vegetables or fruits is often the guarantee of eating a natural

and healthy food.

 Bouchal lina
 Bennour houria With ugly fruits and vegetables we fight
 Bouraoui yousra against food waste
 Charef helmi
 Hassani islame
An ugly fruit or vegetable is a fruit or vegetable whose Which is totally revolting given that the weight of a

physical appearance does not meet the physical fruit or even a small defect on its skin does not in any

standards of fruits and vegetables to which consumers way affect its nutritional value!

are accustomed. This can be in terms of shape, color or

There are 2 types of standards:
size.

 general standards: requirements based on the

Examples: a misshapen carrot, an apple that is too
food and health quality of food (maturity,
small, green beans that are too dark in color, etc.
quality, etc.)

What is the standard for fruits and vegetables then?  specific standards: requirements based on the

For a product to be sold in mass distribution, it must appearance of fruits and vegetables (colour, size,

respect very precise (or absurd) specifications. Let's shape, etc.).

take the example of an apple: it must weigh at least 90g, 1 – Fight against food waste

and skin defects must not exceed a total surface area of 2- Reconnect with nature and relearn what “the natural”

2.5 cm2... is

3 – Eat healthier
So the problem is that any apples that don't meet this
4 – Spend less
specification are left behind because they're supposedly

“unsaleable”. Le Figaro tells us that "10% of fruits and These aesthetic dictates sometimes push producers to

vegetables are left in the fields at each harvest, because "do everything" so that their beloved products end up on

they do not respect the canons of beauty of the shelves... Little nudges (phytosanitary products,

supermarkets"

reasons to eat ugly fruits and vegetables

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