Tuesday 27 January 2015

Reduce food waste with Fresha Bags (review)


Hands up if you're guilty of throwing away fresh fruit and veg that has gone mouldy before you got to use it. I have to admit, I'm guilty as charged. I love going to the weekly farmers' market to stock up on loads of lovely fresh produce but I often end up buying too much and feel bad when it ends up in the bin. I was therefore very intrigued when Fresha got in touch and asked if we'd like to try out their Fresha Bags.

They are innovative bags that use a special blend of natural minerals to keep food fresher for 25% longer. It does this by slowing down the natural ripening process and creating a breathable environment to help prevent moisture and bacteria forming on fruit and vegetables.

I have to admit, I was a bit dubious - the first thing I do is take my fruit and veg out of the plastic bags they come in to try to keep them fresh and prevent condensation building up, so it seemed wrong to put them back into a bag. These aren't ordinary bags though and I have to say, I've been impressed. Bananas and salad have been the two things that have impressed me the most, but you can put pretty much any fruit and veg into them. They can be reused too, as long as you make sure they are clean and dry on the inside.

As the average family apparently wastes nearly £60 a month on food, Fresha bags could be an absolute godsend, helping to reduce food waste and also keep supermarket bills down. The only bad thing is that I won't have a good excuse for making banana bread any more because I won't have a bunch of over-ripe bananas in the fruit bowl to use up any more !

Available online from www.freshabag.com with a RRP of £3.99 for a pack of 20.

Disclosure : We received the product in order to write an honest review.

5 comments:

  1. I must admit apart from satsumas most of the fresh products I buy if I am not going to use them I will prepare them and then freeze them before they go off. there are often little bags of peppers or carrots or cooked bananas in my freezer.

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    1. Sometimes you can get caught out when things ripen much quicker than you expected. I bought some strawberries at the market - it was buy 2 get 1 free. I used two and thought I'd keep the other one for the next day. I made sure I kept all the ones that weren't at all damaged, but by the next day they were all covered in mould :(

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  2. these sound great, I buy more frozen these days as I was wasting way too much food and money

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  3. I was unaware of these. Today I have had a delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables and was wondering how to keep them fresh for as long as possible. I must get some.

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  4. I was unaware of these. Today I have had a delivery of fresh fruit and vegetables and was wondering how to keep them fresh for as long as possible. I must get some.

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