Preservative free-foods
Is the product you’re about to buy marked “preservative-free?” Well… unless you’re going to consume it right away or cook it for today’s dinner, don’t buy it. Grocery store items that are marked “preservative-free” should be avoided when you don’t plan to eat them the same day, especially when they are on sale.
While avoiding preservatives in the foods you eat is the best thing you can do, it doesn’t mean that you can safely consume preservative free-foods whenever you want. Obviously, the lack of preservatives in most perishable food items like mushrooms, tomatoes, and leafy goodies makes them spoil really fast.
So, if you see them on sale, who knows for how long they sat around on the store’s shelves…