Red and Yellow Beets (IMAGE)

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Red and Yellow Beets

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Slices of different colored beets show the presence of betalains, a class of yellow and red pigments unique to the wider beet family, the Caryophyllales.

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Sarah Friedrich

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