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11. Fruit Stickers

The Best Store to Buy From: N/A Average product cost: Free when fruit is included It's likely that some of us have inadvertently eaten fruit stickers after seeing them on produce. Fruit stickers are given away free with the fruit, but not many people are aware of the meaning of the numbers on them. Examine the sticker if you take a piece of fruit out of your refrigerator.

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Adhesives on Fruit ©Fowsgks001/Copyright from Wikipedia They'll have numbers on them. In the event that there are four numbers and the first one is "4", pesticides were sprayed on the fruit. In the event that there are five digits and the fruit was cultivated organically, the first digit will be "9." In the event that there are five digits and the first digit is "8," the fruit was genetically altered while it was developing.