Carrot Yellow

Yellow carrots are varieties that are grown specifically to yield sweeter flavor at maturity while also retaining healthy texture: the taproot is not woody or fibrous. There are at least three known types of carrots: Imperator, Danvers and Nantes. Yellow carrots are Nantes type varieties, having both round shoulders and a blunt non-tapered tip. They have a firm and crunchy texture and an earthy sweet flavor with notes of celery and parsley. In nature, different strains of carrots contain varying types and amounts of carotenoids, the pigments responsible for orange, yellow, and red colors. Yellow carrots contain high levels of the carotenoid lutein, a pigment similar to beta-carotene that is absorbed as Vitamin A in the body.