The Chantenay Carrot

I think the prized possession of Lady Tottington in Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit was a Chantenay carrot :-)

Know your carrots

Britons eat their way through 600,000 tons of carrots every year. They are the biggest-selling vegetable after potatoes.

Chantenay sales currently stand at 8 per cent of the carrot market. Growers have their sights set on a 25 per cent share.

80g of Chantenay (approximately five carrots) count as a portion of vegetables. Each portion contains just 20 calories.

20,000 bales of straw are used to protect Chantenay carrots from frosts. This means they can be stored in the ground over winter and harvested when needed, therefore losing none of their nutrients in conventional storage. The straw is then ploughed back into the land to enrich it.

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