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ARS Home Midwest Area Madison, Wisconsin Vegetable Crops Research Docs





- John Bamberg
- Paul Bethke
- Johanne Brunet
- Dennis Halterman
- Michael Havey
- Shelley Jansky
- Philipp Simon
- David Spooner
- Yiqun Weng
- David Willis
- IFAFS

Simon: Pigment Powerheadline bar Pigment Power in Carrot Colors How pigments promote good health **WHITE**
**ORANGE**
**PURPLE OUTSIDEORANGE INSIDE**
**RED**
**YELLOW**white root
orange root
purple root
red root
yellow rootHealth benefit = None from pigment, but fiber for digestive health
Health benefit = Vitamin A essential for healthy eyes and immune system
Health benefit = Helps prevent heart disease & strokes, antioxidant ties up harmful free radicals, and vitamin A activity
Health benefit = Helps prevent cancer (especially prostate), and vitamin A activity
Health benefit = Eye health (especially macular degeneration) and cancer preventionPigment = No pigment, like wild carrot (Queen Anne's Lace)
Pigment = Beta and alpha carotene
Pigment = Anthocyanin, beta and alpha carotene
Pigment = Lycopene (another carotenoid) and beta-carotene
Pigment = Xanthophylls (other carotenoids), especially luteinOrigin = Northern Europe; 1600's
Origin = Europe and Middle East; 1600's
Origin = Afghanistan, Turkey, and Middle East; 900's
Origin = India, China, and Japan; 1700's
Origin = Afghanistan, Turkey, and Middle East; 900's  They all taste the same!
(This is based upon work supported by Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture under Agreement No. 2000-4258 of IFAFS)
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