• When first cultivated, carrots were grown for their leaves and seeds rather than their roots, which is what we now think of as carrots
• Carrots were originally white or purple until a yellow carrot appeared through mutation, and the familiar orange carrot was bred from it
• Crunchy, tasty and highly nutritious, carrots are a particularly good source of beta-carotene, fiber, vitamin K, potassium and antioxidants