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ByNinaPullman
Friday19thSeptember2014,15:20GMT
Tescoaimsto
pleasewithpurple
carrots
Retailerlaunchessecondcolourful
vegetableoftheweekwithpurple
carrotsfromgrowerAlanBartlett
PurpleistheneworangeatTesco
T
esco has launched its second
Added to their unsual colour, bushytops
Grower Toby Bartlett said: “We're always
unusually-coloured vegetable of
are picked using a bespoke designed rig,
looking for new and different varieties of
theweek.
which harvests, washes and packs the
carrotsandthoughtthatthisvarietycould
carrotsinlessthan60seconds.
be something new and exciting to offer
Purple Bushytop carrots, grown by
vegetable
supplier
Alan
Bartlett
customers,”headded.
in
Tesco produce buyer Emma Williams said:
Cambridgeshire,havepurpleexteriorswith
“We are absolutely delighted to be selling
Earlier this week,Tesco launched English-
anorangecentre.
PurpleBushytopcarrots.They’renotonly
grown pink-flesh apples into stores grown
visually striking, but are incredibly tasty
by
too–especiallywhenroasted.
Barnett.
Thecarrotsaredescribedas"sweet"anddo
Hereford-based
not require peeling, while the purple
colouring is said to provide additional
“These carrots are a fantastic example of
healthbenefitsthroughanti-oxidants.
howourperceptionshavechangedaround
what a carrot should look like. Originally
TheyarebeingsoldexclusivelyatTescoat
£1 a bag, sold in a bunch and with foliage
purpleinthe17thCentury,wearebringing
backalittlebitofhistory”.
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