Ancient Carrots

Do you know?

In its ancient form, carrots were purple, not orange!

From as back as the 10th century, carrots grew in India, the Middle East and Europe, with it origins traced to Afghanistan. They were purple! There are even reports that as long ago as 2000BC, temple drawings from Egypt show a plant believed to be a purple carrot.

It was not until the 17th century that they turned orange when the Dutch growers favoured the colour orange, as used on their national flag.

Now, the purple carrot is back and will be sold in Britain's supermarkets.