Carrot juice facts for kids

Carrot juice in a glass with four carrots

Carrot juice is a sweet drink made from carrots. It's known for its bright orange color and many healthy benefits. People often drink it as a healthy choice.

What Makes Carrot Juice Special?

Carrot juice is packed with good stuff for your body! It has a lot of something called beta-carotene. This is super important because your body turns beta-carotene into vitamin A. Vitamin A helps your eyes, skin, and immune system stay healthy.

This juice also has many other important things. It contains B complex vitamins, like folate. Plus, it's full of minerals such as calcium, copper, magnesium, potassium, phosphorus, and iron. These minerals help your body work properly.

Making carrot juice can be a bit tricky. About one pound (454 grams) of carrots makes only one cup (about 236 ml) of juice. This is less juice than you get from fruits like apples or oranges. The main challenge is separating the tough carrot pulp from the juice.

Fun Facts About Carrot Juice

Carrot juice has a special, sweet taste that is like concentrated carrots. Unlike many fruit juices, it is not clear; it looks opaque. People have been making soups and juices from carrots for hundreds of years.

Sometimes, if you drink a lot of carrot juice, your skin might turn a little orange or yellow. This is called carotenoderma. It's completely harmless and temporary! It happens because of all the beta-carotene. Drinking more than three cups of carrot juice in a day for a long time might cause this.

In America, carrot juice was one of the first natural colorants used to make cheese a darker color.

What's Inside Carrot Juice?

Here's a look at what 100 grams of canned carrot juice contains. This information comes from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA):

• Calories: 40 kcal (This is how much energy you get)
• Protein: 0.95 g (Helps build and repair your body)
• Fat: 0.15 g (A small amount, for energy and other functions)
• Carbohydrates: 9.28 g (Your body's main source of energy)
• Dietary fibers: 0.8 g (Good for your digestion)
• Cholesterol: 0 mg (An insignificant amount)

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In Spanish: Jugo de zanahoria para niños