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Something I JUST learned:

The “baby” carrots we buy in the supermarket are not really babies but a variety bred to ripen faster and grow longer so that they can be peeled and cut into three pieces. These “baby” carrots contain only about 70 percent as much beta carotene by weight as regular carrots because the older the carrot when harvested, the more beta carotene it contains.

However, the carrots that I buy to eat aren't that old, because really old carrots are kind of tough to eat. So the carrots that I advocate buying and the baby carrots are probably similarly nutritious.

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