Whole Foods apologizes for peeled oranges packaging

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- A Whole Foods packaging decision is causing an outrage on Twitter.

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Michelle Cehn snapped the photo at a Whole Foods in Oakland and posted it on Facebook with the comment: "You have GOT to be kidding me. More ridiculous than $9 spa water. Humans, you cray!"

Then #orangegate went really viral when Twitter user Nathalie G. tweeted the photo and included the sarcastic comment: "If only nature would find a way to cover these oranges so we didn't need to waste so much plastic on them."

Whole Foods responded on Twitter saying in part, "Definitely our mistake."