Imperator carrot
Daucus carota · Root vegetable
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The Imperator carrot is the long, slender, tapering root that defines the modern supermarket carrot — smooth deep-orange skin over crisp, deep-orange flesh, drawn out to a fine point with a notably small inner core. Sweet, snappy and uniform, bred above all for length, smoothness and machine harvest, it is the dominant fresh-market type sold loose and bagged across North America and much of the world.
Picking a good onedrag
Snap-firm, just liftedRubbery, sprouting, soft
Shop firmEveryday bestThe all-rounder: raw, roast, braise, stock.
CrownCut face browning, a little sunken
The bendSnaps, but the break is dry
Skin and tipTaut, matte, tip a little dry
Smell at the cutFaintly sweet, mostly earthy
These cues are Carrot's, and hold across its varieties; where this one differs, its own page says so.
What you get from one
89%
Edible part
61 g · tops and peel off
69 g
Weight each
each one
62%
Juice
620 ml a kilo
Keeping ittap a temperature
A domestic fridge holds it about 20× longer than the counter.
98-100%
Humidity
Still air, not sealed
Airflow