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What factors determine the quality of carrots?

Fresh Carrot
China
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By Jinwoo Cheon
Updated 2021년 9월 20일
The quality of carrots is determined by factors such as being whole, clean, firm, without signs of root growth in the seed shoot, and free of any foreign smell and/or taste.
  • Whole, not a fragmented vegetable

  • Healthy; a product with rotting symptoms or with such damage that renders it unfit for consumption is not allowed

  • Clean; virtually no visible foreign matter, if it has been washed

  • Practically without excessive dirt and impurities, if it has not been washed, or if it has been washed and covered with clean peat

  • Firm

  • Practically free from damage caused by pests

  • Woody

  • Without signs of root growth in the seed shoot

  • Undeveloped, devoid of secondary roots

  • Free of abnormal external moisture, i.e. properly drained after washing

  • Free of any foreign smell and/or taste

  • The degree of development and condition of the carrot must be such that it enables: good abolition of transport and handling, and arriving in a satisfactory condition to the destination

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