carrots (vegetable) kind.....?

Question

what ingredients make up a carrot,I have to write a short essay on the composition of a CARROT.Please help

Answer 1

A carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer while building up the stout taproot, which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 m tall, with umbels of white flowers.

The wild ancestors of the carrot are likely to have come from Afghanistan, which remains the center of diversity of D. carota. The familiar wild plant wild carrot, sometimes called Queen Anne's lace, is the same species as the garden carrot (which was bred from it); garden carrots that run to seed soon revert to their wild prototype, with a forking carroty-smelling, edible root that quickly becomes too woody and bitter to eat.

In early use, carrots were grown for their aromatic leaves and seeds, not their roots. The first mention of the root in classical sources is in the 1st century CE. The modern carrot appears to have been introduced to Europe in the 8-10th centuries; Ibn al-Awam, in Andalusia, describes both 'red' and 'yellow' carrots; Simeon Seth also mentions both colors in the 11th century. Orange-colored carrots appear in the Netherlands in the 17th century.[1]

The parsnip is a close relative of the carrot.


β-carotene, a dimer of Vitamin A, is abundant in the carrot and gives this vegetable its characteristic orange color. Furthermore, carrots are rich in dietary fiber, antioxidants, and minerals.

Carrot juice is also widely marketed.

Ethnomedically, the roots are used to treat digestive problems, intestinal parasites, and tonsilitis.

Answer 2

Vitamins C & B6, Calcium, Iron, Sodium , Magnesium.

Answer 3

Add some Salt n Peppa!

Answer 4

the link should help....
fully explains what a carrot is.

good luck

Answer 5

beta carotine or something. If you eat nothing but carrots for ages your skin will turn orange.

Answer 6

Well, they're not ingredients...but they consist of beta carotene, fiber, water, and I don't know what else. Sorry...

Answer 7

wikipedia - best place to try!!

good luck

Answer 8

DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID

Answer 9

****