Baton Carrots

Humber Quality Foods produce and distribute fresh, ready prepared vegetables for the foodservice, retail & manufacturing industries.
Call us on 01724 273297

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Produce is packed in:

• Steam release film – microwavable (no need to pierce film)
• Microwavable “pierce bag before cooking” film
• Plain laminate film to open and cook conventionally
• All of our packaging materials are laser perforated to control respiration of the product and so extend shelf life.

We supply such produce as:

• Carrot batons
• Carrot batons, broccoli & cauliflower florets
• Prepared Brussels sprouts
• Carrot, leek & baton swede
• Diced swede & carrot
• Fine beans, sliced runner beans & broccoli florets
• Any number or combination of vegetables can be packed together to create a bespoke “mix”, ready to cook. Butter, sauces or glazes can be added to each pack to flavour the produce during cooking.

 

For a company brochure please contact peter@hqf.co.uk

 

The carrot (Daucus carota) is a root vegetable, usually orange or white in color with a woody texture. The edible part of a carrot is a taproot. It is a biennial plant which grows a rosette of leaves in the spring and summer while building up the stout taproot, which stores large amounts of sugars for the plant to flower in the second year. The flowering stem grows to about 1 m tall, with umbels of white flowers.

Carrots can be eaten raw, whole, as batons, chopped or grated into salads for color, and are also often chopped and cooked in soups and stews. A well known dish is Carrots Julienne. One can also make carrot cake and carrot pudding. The greens are edible as a leaf vegetable, but are rarely eaten. Together with onion and celery, carrots are one of the primary vegetables used in a mirepoix to make various broths.

Since the late 1980s, baby carrots or baton carrots; carrots that have been peeled and cut into uniform batons, have been a popular ready-to-eat snack food in many supermarkets.

Beta-carotene, a dimer of Vitamin A, is abundant in the carrot and gives this vegetable its characteristic orange colour. Furthermore, carrots are rich in dietary fibre, antioxidants, and minerals.

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