BIG Carrots VS BABY Carrots?

Question

Big Carrots and baby Carrots, which one have more Vitamin and more better for the eyesight?

Answer 1

Get some good, thin, un-cut (tr. "non-baby") carrots, and just scrub them with a plastic scrubby thing.

They taste so much better than the pre-cut kind that you'll get more vitamins from them just because you'll eat more...

And:

"True baby carrots of the Nantes variety are full-grown but have been bred small. Most baby carrots, however, are of the Imperator variety -- a long, slender carrot that is peeled and chopped into smaller pieces. Bred to ripen fast and grow long, they look small once chopped, but they weren't born yesterday.

And for all you health nuts, keep in mind that while carrots are an excellent source of vitamin A, baby carrots have less of it, because they haven't had as much time to mature."

http://ask.yahoo.com/20040804.html

"Baby carrots are slightly lower in calories, vitamin A and fibre, slightly higher in sugar, iron and vitamin C."

http://www.lesliebeck.com/ingredient_index.php?featured_food=72

Answer 2

There are two different types of baby carrots. there are baby carrots that have been cut down from big carrots. Which are the type you usually sold in the grocery stores. the ones that look like little fingers, and are sold in the plastic bags. and also authentic baby carrots. They're small, have the exact shape of a carrot, and still have the root attached to them. I, personally have never seen these in a supermarket, but do work in a gourmet kitchen, and have to deal with them all the time when they're in season. The baby carrots would have more vitamins, and the best way to cook them, for the specific purpose of vitamin retention, would be to steam them. any other way, sauteeing, boiling, roasting, is just too violent, and you would lose too many of those precious vitamins in the process.

Answer 3

the baby carrots at the store are simply big carrots whittled away to the smaller shape....but in that whittling the darker orange part of the carrot gets smaller, reducing the vitamin content. so big carrots have more vitamins--true baby carrots would also have more vitamins than the "baby" carrots on the market.

Answer 4

"baby" carrot (sold peeled & packaged at the grocers) are actually big carrots that have been whittled down to a small snack size. they use the big carrots that are misshapen or discolored. big carrots, since they are still in their peels, should in theory be more nutritious than the faux baby carrots. real baby carrots (you can tell them by the fact they still have peels, and often are sold in a bunch with the greens still attached) should be nearly as nutritious as their bigger brothers & sisters. bear in mind that how "fresh" the carrots are when you purchase them will have something to do with how nutritious they are, regardless of size.

Answer 5

I read that so called baby carrots are just cut big ones. That's why they're skinned, cuz they shape them. This from a carrot farmer! He says real babies are not too tasty, which is my experience in the garden too.

Answer 6

Baby carrots are not really baby carrots. They are cut from bigger carrots made to look like that.

Answer 7

Big carrots. Baby carrots don't offer nearly as much nutritionally. Although there are some "baby carrots" that are actually just regular carrots that have been cut down to size.

Answer 8

"baby" carrots are just big carrots whittled down. They are the same - depending on how long ago they were harvested. As soon as it is picked, the air/sunlight start leaching vitamins out of fresh fruit and vegies.

Answer 9

baby carrots are just cut portions of the larger carrots. they actually use a water jet to cut them so they dont split the larger carrots and make more waste. so they have the same amount of vitamines if you eat the same amount (3oz of big ones vs 3oz of baby ones)

Answer 10

Big carrots are just adult baby carrots