VEGETABLES
JULY 25, 2021
amazing facts about carrot
- The carrot is a root vegetable, most commonly found as orange in color. But purple, black, red, white, and yellow cultivars also exist, all of them are domesticated forms of the wild carrot, native to Europe and Southwestern Asia.
- The scientific name of carrot is : Daucus carota subsp. sativus
- A medium-size carrot contains 25 calories, 6 grams of carbs, and 2 grams of fiber.
- This veggie is an excellent source of vitamin A. One single carrot provides more than 200% of your daily requirement.
- Carrots are loaded with beta-carotene, a natural chemical that changes into vitamin A in our body.
- The most popular color, orange carrots, were created by selective breeding in Netherlands as a tribute to the ruling House of Orange.
- Over 5000 years ago, carrots were domesticated in the ancient empires located in today’s Iran and Afghanistan. From there, this root vegetable spread across the world.
- Today, there are over 100 species of edible carrots.
- In 2010, total worldwide production of carrots reached 33.5 million tons.
- The largest producer and exporter was China with 15.8 million tons, followed by United States in second place and Russia third.
- The only vegetable with more sugar than a carrot is a beet.
- One single carrot gives you the energy to walk about one mile.
- If you consume too much carrot you may have a condition called “cartonemia”. This condition gives your skin yellowish tint.
- About 30% of American Vitamin A intake comes from carrots.
- The average person will consume around 10.866 carrots in a lifetime.
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