Subtitles section Play video Print subtitles Do conventional or organic growth methods affect carrot quality? Well, if you're an organic enthusiast, you're probably willing to pay more for carrots that have been grown organically. But for the rest of us, The scientists have good news for you: all carrots, regardless of how they were grown, are pretty much the same. In a 2016 study published in "Food Chemistry," researchers used specific methods and chemicals to take a close look at carrots grown in three different ways: conventionally, organically, and by individual growers (self-grown). They paid attention to various elements like sodium (Na), potassium (K), magnesium (Mg), and calcium (Ca), and even toxic metals like arsenic (As) and mercury (Hg), to name just a few. They also looked at nitrates and the dry matter in the carrots. To break down the samples for analysis, they used certain chemicals like deionized water, HNO3, and H2O2, ensuring that they could closely observe all these different elements and compounds in the carrots. The main take-away? Even with these detailed analyses, it turns out that all carrots, no matter how they're grown, are quite similar in terms of overall quality. The small differences they noticed in certain elements didn't make a significant impact when they considered all of the components together. The findings also revealed no alarming levels of toxic metals in any of the growing methods.
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