Let's get one thing straight before we start discussing why baby carrots start to look old and dried out with a white film over them.
Baby carrots are not actually babies waiting to grow into adult-sized carrots.
The bags of baby carrots you purchase at the grocery store are manufactured in that they are cut from larger full-sized carrots using a machine
The machine cuts them into uniform 2-inch pieces, then the cuts' edges are peeled, smoothed out, and polished
This process is part of the reason the carrots develop a white film.
The white film is known as carrot blush, and it appears when the carrot's surface has been exposed to the atmosphere and loses moisture.
Think of the ashy whiteness human skin takes on when it's in need of moisture or a when person's lips get dry in the winter
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