Definitions

1. Beetroot is a popular hamburger condiment in Australia.
2. Beetroot is among the sweetest of vegetables, containing more sugar even than carrots or sweet corn. (Web site)
3. Beetroot are cooked or pickled and eaten cold. (Web site)
4. Beetroot (beets) are classified, like all living organisms, in terms of class, order, family, genus and species. (Web site)
5. Beetroot is called beet in North America. (Web site)

Root Vegetable

1. Beetroot or table beet (or, in the 19th century, "blood turnip") used as a root vegetable. (Web site)

Malt Vinegar

1. Malt vinegar is extracted from some beetroot and sold in supermarkets.

Natural Dye

1. There have been repeated attempts to use beetroot as a natural dye for textiles. (Web site)

Betalain Pigments

1. Beetroot contains a complex mixture of betalain pigments. (Web site)

Beetroot Juice

1. Being red, beetroot juice is more easily noticed on surfaces than other vegetable juices that have similar staining properties. (Web site)

Chapter

1. The following chapter looks at the health benefits of consuming beetroot in more detail. (Web site)

Effect

1. The effect is attributed to the high nitrate content of the beetroot.

Wide Range

1. Beetroot can be grown across a wide range of climates. (Web site)

Eating

1. It has long been know that some individuals produce pink or red urine after eating beetroot, while others appear immune to the condition. (Web site)

People

1. Some people pass red urine, even after eating a modest amount of beetroot. (Web site)
2. They may even have needlessly put some people off preparing beetroot. (Web site)

Treatment

1. The Romans used beetroot as a treatment for fevers and constipation, amongst other ailments. (Web site)

Root

1. The storage organ of beetroot, fodder beet and sugar beet is usually called a root. (Web site)

Yellow

1. The composition of different betalain pigments can vary, giving breeds of beetroot which are yellow or other colors in addition to the familiar deep red.

Important

1. The beetroot extracts and purified fractions thereof are important because they have the potential to protect against carcinogens and other electrophiles. (Web site)

Store

1. Carrots are available both from the ground and from store but beetroot from store is finishing. (Web site)

Blood

1. Researchers saw a reduction in blood pressure in volunteers after just 1 hour of drinking 500mls of beetroot juice. (Web site)

Stain

1. The product has been marketed as "a beetroot that doesn't stain". (Web site)
2. A downside of preparing beetroot is its ability to stain both skin and clothing. (Web site)

Fibrous

1. Beetroot has been selected to have little lignin or hard fibrous tissue in its cambium layer. (Web site)

Roots

1. Mangels and beetroot have roots that are typically yellow and red, respectively. (Web site)
2. It normally occurs at much higher levels in the roots of red beetroot than other betacyanin pigments. (Web site)

Leaves

1. While the leaves are eaten, it is in the same species as the garden beet (beetroot), which is grown primarily for its edible roots. (Web site)
2. Beetroot has been primarily selected as a root vegetable, although its leaves are edible. (Web site)
3. The Romans used the leaves as a culinary herb and as a medicine and they also used the beetroot as medicine before the Greeks began doing so. (Web site)

Garlic

1. Platina recommended taking beetroot with garlic to nullify the effects of 'garlic-breath'. (Web site)

Berries

1. Rich plum, red berries, beetroot and herbal notes on the nose, with berries and rosemary following on the palate.

Taste

1. Borshch is a mildly tart vegetable soup dominated by the rich colour and taste of beetroot. (Web site)

Foods

1. Foods have been coloured red using beetroot juice in the home for many years. (Web site)

Tea

1. Flavour: Cherry, strawberry, plum, violet, beetroot, mint, smoke, cinnamon; mature examples also tea, leather, brown sugar, mushroom, even barnyard.

Wine

1. As a result, the wine exhibits classic cherry, beetroot and earth aromas and flavour. (Web site)

Potatoes

1. Foods that contain iodine such as kelp, beetroot, radish, parsley, potatoes, fish, oatmeal and bananas should be kept in the diet. (Web site)
2. From store, you can buy British apples and pears, beetroot and potatoes. (Web site)

Spinach

1. Eating dark green and red foods such as beetroot, kidney beans, aduki beans, blueberries, spinach and kale will strengthen our qi and blood.

Europe

1. The feeding of beet to animals has contributed to beetroot being unpopular or unfashionable as a food at certain times in parts of Europe. (Web site)
2. Beetroot has for many years been used as a treatment for cancer in Europe.

Pickled

1. It is also common in Australia and New Zealand for pickled beetroot to be consumed on a burger.

Sweet Syrup

1. As early as 1590, the French botanist Olivier de Serres extracted a sweet syrup from beetroot, but the practice did not become common.

Beta Vulgaris Subsp

1. Within the Crassa grouping, beetroot, forage beet and sugar beet are Beta vulgaris subsp. (Web site)

Betacyanin

1. Betacyanin in beetroot may cause red urine and feces in some people who are unable to break it down. (Web site)

Varieties

1. It is best known in its numerous cultivated varieties, the most well known of which is probably the red root vegetable known as the beetroot or garden beet.
2. It is important because of its cultivated varieties, fodder beet, beetroot and the sugar -producing sugar beet.

Variety

1. From the Middle Ages, beetroot was used as a treatment for a variety of conditions, especially illnesses relating to digestion and the blood. (Web site)

Vegetables

1. The presence of betalains means that beetroot has a stronger antioxidant activity than most vegetables. (Web site)

Cultivars

1. The "earthy" taste of some beetroot cultivars comes from the presence of geosmin. (Web site)
2. There are numerous cultivated varieties or cultivars of beetroot. (Web site)

Sugar

1. It is drunk from small glasses in order to show the colour of the tea, with lumps of beetroot sugar.

Swiss Chard

1. The cultivated beetroot, sugar beet, seakale beet and Swiss chard have all been developed from this species by means of selective breeding[1, 5].

Oxalic

1. Oxalic acid in spinach, Swiss chard and beetroot is of minor relevance in iron nutrition. (Web site)

Tomato

1. The McDonalds "McOz" Burger is partway between American and Australian style burgers, having beetroot and tomato in an otherwise typical American burger.

Red

1. The most important food colouring is pure betanin or beetroot red, which is used to colour a wide range of processed food products. (Web site)
2. Beetroot red or betanin is used as a food colouring, while beetroot juice is used as a natural dye for fabrics. (Web site)
3. Betanin The main betacyanin in red beetroot is betanin. (Web site)

Colour

1. Man has selected for colour in beetroot, both because it is more attractive but also because it may well be linked to genes for flavour too.
2. The deep colour leads to a nose of black cherry, black raspberry, beetroot, chocolate and smoky wood tones. (Web site)
3. The colour of red beetroot is due to a variety of betalain pigments, unlike most other red plants, such as red cabbage, which contain anthocyanin pigments. (Web site)

Cabbage

1. Plant lettuce, beetroot, peas, onion, cauliflower, cabbage, asparagus and broccoli.
2. Beetroot,[ 7] asparagus,[ 8] cabbage, corn and seafoods produce dimethyl sulfide when cooked. (Web site)

Lettuce

1. The Hungry Jacks "Aussie Burger" has tomato, lettuce, onion, cheese, bacon, beetroot, egg, tomato sauce and a meat patty.
2. The fillings include lettuce, tomato, cheese, beetroot, grilled onion, bacon, a fried egg and pineapple.

Carrot

1. Plant seed of beetroot, carrot, parsnip, lettuce, kohl rabi silver beet, swede and turnip.
2. Include fresh juices in your daily diet, particularly ginger and garlic juiced with carrot and beetroot, celery, apple, lemon or lime. (Web site)

Categories

1. Biology > Botany > Plants > Sugar Beet
2. Beta Vulgaris
3. Pigment
4. Botany > Plants > Amaranthaceae > Chard
5. Betalains

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