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Carotenoids

What are Carotenoids?

Carotenoids are organic pigments that naturally occurring in chromoplasts of plants and some other photosynthetic organisms like algae. [1]


History

Unknown

Other Ingredient Information

Products containing Carotenoids


The percentage represents the approximate total number of food products from UPC Food Search's data that contain the ingredient, "Carotenoids".
The data is calculated from UPC Food Search's product data only, and is not meant to reflect all food products regionally or globally.

Source(s) Derived From

 Animal Sources, Plant Sources, Other Natural Sources

Beta-carotene, found in pumpkins, sweet potato, carrots and winter squash, is responsible for their orange-yellow colors. [1]

Although green, kale, spinach, collard greens, and turnip greens contain substantial amounts of beta-carotene. [1]

Carotenoids from the diet are stored in the fatty tissues of animals, and exclusively carnivorous animals obtain the compounds from animal fat. [1]

Natural or Artificial?

 Natural

References
  1. Carotenoid - Wikipedia

Aliases (Also Known As)


 Mixed Carotenoids

Color Key - (Click/Tap to View) Dash

  • Natural
  • Natural & Possibly Unsafe
  • Artificial
  • Artificial & Possibly Unsafe
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources)
  • Both (Can be derived from Natural & Artificial Sources) & Possibly Unsafe

Revision History

Action User Date/Time
Ingredient updatedUPC Food SearchAugust 30, 2023 @ 10:13 PM
Ingredient addedUPC Food SearchMarch 2, 2009 @ 11:54 PM

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