Why tomato sauce stains plastic, and the 30-second fix
by Ellsworth Toohey from Boing Boing on (#77D1T)
Delish food editor Brooke Caison explains why tomato sauce turns plastic containers orange. Cooked and canned tomatoes are loaded with lycopene, a heavily pigmented antioxidant that repels water. Plastic repels water too, so the pigment bonds to the container.
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