Best and Worst Foods for Pesticide Residues in the UK 1. The 20 fruit and vegetables with the highest prevalence of multiple pesticide residues on produce tested in the UK between 2011-2015 (sorted by multiple residues)
Ranking Produce 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Oranges Soft citrus Lemons and limes Strawberries Pears Grapes Oranges (Seville) Herbs Apples Cherries Peaches and nectarines Pineapple Apricots Banana Prepacked salad leaves Spring greens & kale Pre-prepared salad leaves Cucumber Berries Raspberries
Single residue occurrence %
Multiple residue occurrence %
100.00 100.00 94.44 91.67 93.82 89.47 78.76 75.79 82.02 86.46 83.33 90.74 81.94 77.22 74.85 68.89 73.24 64.43 54.17 58.86
100.00 95.37 92.59 87.50 86.45 75.73 74.34 71.58 65.29 63.54 62.50 62.04 61.11 58.86 58.08 52.22 52.11 40.21 39.58 35.44
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