TYPES OF PIGMENTS AND COLOURS IN VEGETABLES

 

PIGMENTS  AND  COLOURS  IN  VEGETABLES

 

Pigments: There are four types of pigments found in the vegetables:

 

•         Chlorophyll: it is present in all green coloured vegetables such as cabbage, spinach, green beans, broccoli, peas etc.

 

•        Carotenoids: it is present in orange coloured vegetables such as carrots, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, corns, tomatoes etc.

 

 

•       Flavons: it is present in white coloured vegetables such as cauliflower, turnips, potatoes, onion etc.

 

•     Anthocyanins: it is present in red & purple coloured vegetables. Beet roots, red cabbage (not tomatoes).