I avoid repackaged fruit and vegetables as most of the packaging is ‘modified atmosphere packaging’ to prolong the shelf life of the product within the packaging.
Organic vegetables are included in this sort of packaging as they are higher value product to both the grower and the seller, they also travel further to retailers (particularly those products which are not grown locally due to climatic conditions or seasonality) and the spoiling of organic product costs more.
It allows far greater storage times and as there has been much research on longer storage times and impact on vitamins and other nutrient compounds, I chose not to buy them.
The other reason is the wastefulness of additional, thicker (to retain the modified atmosphere) packaging leaving to more waste and exploitation of our finite resources.
This is why some of the pre-packaged fruits and vegetables are cheaper as there is less waste as the product can be sold for an extended period and transported further to the point of sale. The cost and waste benefit does not override the negatives for such items.
