Last month, I got the email notice from Melaleuca about this new product so I was able to add it to our February order and be able to offer some preliminary observations and personal use experiences. Like other Melaleuca customers, I welcome this new product to easily make fresh fruits and vegetables more wholesome because you can’t always find organic options. Even with organic, impurities still find their way in or on and this beats plain rinsing.
You can find out more on the Harvest PureTM product page but I’ve had a few days to report on my initial experiences.
I’ll start with bell peppers. Although we grow some of our peppers in the garden, fresh bell pepper in the winter means buying them from the store which also means a wax coating used for retail environments. I did our first “wash” two ways: a whole bell pepper and another one quartered with insides removed. Since the whole one naturally floats, I turned and gently rubbed the pepper during the washing process. I could feel the difference as the wax coating gave way to the natural skin of the pepper. The quartered pepper felt the same after soaking for a minute but without the rubbing. This test means things like zucchini, summer squash, and cucumbers will come out more wholesome.
Another test I consider key is being able to soak romaine lettuce and rinse clean any trapped dirt or other contaminates that might be hiding and the only thing you can taste after washing is the lettuce itself. This will work well for other leafy veggies too but for the record, we buy only pre-washed organic spinach and that will not change since it is available all year. Some items are just best left to the facilities equipped to perform the cleaning in mass volume and package them for convenient home use.
It’s also very revealing looking at the cloudiness of the water and the contaminants in and at the bottom of the wash bowl after removing the produce for rinsing!
Looking ahead, this product will be a game changer since we’re in Michigan, the second largest fruit producer in the nation, and we have a serious abundance of farms nearby. We’re able to pick our own strawberries, blueberries, and more at local farms and we process them for immediate consumption while fresh, then freezing and/or canning, jams, sometimes pie filling, and such. The product name, Harvest Pure, will be perfectly appropriate as we collect booty from farms and farmers markets to add to our storage of foods processed at home with loving care.
I can easily give this new Melaleuca product a shining customer review!