IFAFS: Pigment Power |
Pigment Power in Carrot Colors
How pigments promote good health
WHITE (PARENT CARROT) | ORANGE | PURPLE OUTSIDE ORANGE INSIDE | RED | YELLOW |
Health benefit = no medicinal value from pigment | Health benefit = Vitamin A essential for well-being, healthy eyes | Health benefit = Helps prevent heart disease from blood clotting, antioxidant ties up harmful free radicals | Health benefit = Helps prevent cancer | Health benefit = develops healthy eyes and helps prevent cancer |
Pigment = no pigment | Pigment = beta carotene | Pigment = beta carotene and anthocyanin | Pigment = Lycopene (another form of carotene) | Pigment = xanthophylls |
Origin = Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan | Origin = Europe and Mid East | Origin = Turkey, Mid and Far East | Origin = India, China | Origin = Mideast |
January 10, 2003