Traditionally apples are coated with beeswax or carnauba wax. Simple baking soda diluted with water is enough to wash veggies and fruits.

If your produce has a super shine to it after using baking soda then it is possible that you have an artificial product like apeel on your produce. The claim is that apeel uses natural products, but that is dubious as best. In other words the simplest waxes that are found on earth for fruits and veggies are in fact beeswax and carnauba wax.

Traditionally apples are coated with beeswax or carnauba wax. Simple baking soda diluted with water is enough to wash veggies and fruits.

If your produce has a super shine to it after using baking soda then it is possible that you have an artificial product like apeel on your produce. The claim is that apeel used natural products but that is dubious as best. In other words the simplest waxes that are found on earth for fruits and veggies are in fact beeswax and carnauba wax.