Carrots: Nutritional Composition, Health Benefits, Frequently Asked Questions
What are Carrots? A biennial root vegetable of the parsley (Apiaceae) family, the carrot is the Daucus carota species. All of this delicious, crunchy vegetable that resembles a finger is edible, but the term “carrot” is frequently used to refer to the crop’s tap root region, which is packed with vitamins, minerals, and nutrients like potassium, calcium, and C. Even though some types of carrots are wild, the domesticated species—which are orange—that we eat are indigenous to Europe and the southw
