Wed, Jul-09-03, 12:40
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Plan: Schwarzbein
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Location: Minneapolis, MN
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Well, it's been a few years on that one, so I went looking again, and the news, apparently, is good. Originally baby carrots were, indeed, cut down from carrots in the reject pile -- rotten, or just too big, too small, or too crooked.
BUT, apparently the tremendous growth in demand surpassed the supply of rejects, so that a new variety of carrot was developed specifically for use as "baby carrots" that would grow quickly and have a more uniform width from stem to tip. The articles I found on this did indicate that this variety of carrot is substantially lower in beta-carotene than other carrots, but that carrots are SO high in beta-carotene that the reduction isn't too relevant.
So, there. Your problem is solved and I'm left trying to figure out how to make sure I get all the poop off my organic ones.
Beth N.
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