Growing different Color Carrots | Carrot Farming

Many people assume the original carrot color is orange, when in fact all the different carrot colors available nowadays come from one common, pale white/ivory colored ancestor, the wild carrot (Daucus carota). Once domesticated, the former wild carrot has been subjected to selection that resulted over time in all the different carrot colors we see today. Red, purple, black, yellow, and white is not only natural carrot colors obtained through artificial selection over the course of hundreds of years but also indicators of nutritional diversity and sources of varied health benefits. Each pigment has been carefully developed to obtain more attractive vegetables. At the same time, it resulted in an increased nutritional value. More exactly, while the vitamins and minerals content (with the exception of vitamin A), dietary fiber, carbohydrate, protein, fats, sugars profile, and energetic value are more or less the same in all varieties, antioxidant profiles differ. Different varieties of carrots are a great source of the following antioxidants: – Orange carrots: highest in beta-carotene, contain smaller amounts of alpha-carotene, gamma carotene, lutein, zeaxanthin. – Purple carrots: highest in anthocyanins, also contain beta-carotene and alpha-carotene and small amounts of lutein and zeaxanthin. – Purple carrots that are orange inside: high in anthocyanins, beta, and alpha-carotene. – Purple carrots that are red inside: richest in anthocyanins and lycopene. – Purple carrots that are white inside: anthocyanins, little beta-carotene. – Red carrots: highest in lycopene, also contain smaller amounts of lutein, beta-carotene, alpha-carotene. – Yellow carrots: highest in lutein, may also contain zeaxanthin. – White carrots: no pigment-giving antioxidants. Video Credits: BBC Harvest Series Presented By: Gregg Wallace (), Philippa Forrester (), James Manning Director: Anthony Dalton Producer: Lucy Smith Join this channel to get access to perks: ___________________________________________ DISCLAIMER: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use“ for purposes such as criticism, commenting, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statute that might otherwise be infringing. Educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. -This video has no negative impact on the original works (It would actually be positive for them) -This video is also for teaching purposes. -It is not transformative in nature. We make these videos with the intention of educating others in a motivational/inspirational form. We do not own the clips and music we use in most cases. Our understanding is that it is in correlation to Fair Right Use, however, given that it is open to interpretation, if any owners of the content clips would like us to remove the video, we have no problem with that and will do so as fast as possible. Please message us on YouTube or Facebook if you have any concerns. We also do not wish to use the heart of any piece of work that would perhaps decrease the market value of the original content, if anything we hope to promote the content so that people can reach out and subsequently increase the market value. Lastly, these videos are to educate people in an entertaining fashion. ___________________________________________ SUBSCRIBE: Discover Agriculture YouTube Channel: EMAIL: contact@ FOLLOW US ON: Official Facebook Page: Official Instagram: Instagram: Facebook: Instagram: Facebook: Growing different Color Carrots | Carrot Farming Tags: how to grow carrots, growing carrots, Growing different Color Carrots, carrot farming, carrot farm, carrot, colorful carrots, colorful carrot farming, colorful carrot farm, colorful carrot, how to grow carrots at home, how to grow carrots from seed, how to grow colorful carrots, how to grow different color carrots, growing carrots from seed, grow carrots, grow carrots in containers, grow carrots from seed, growing colorful carrots, farming, agriculture, agriculture technology #Carrot #CarrotFarming #GrowingCarrot #HowTo #Agriculture #Farming #DiscoveryAgriculture Website: