The main pigment identified in purple carrots was
cyanidin-3-sinapoylxylosyl-glucose [29]. Kammerer et al.
[30] detected in purple carrots pelargonidin and peonidin
glycosides. It should be emphasized that carrot roots exhibit
often different colors depending on the tissue; thus, color seen
in a root cross section is heterogeneous. Particularly the phloem
(root flesh) can differ from the xylem(core). Cyanidin-3,2-
xylose galactoside dominated in purple-yellow carrot and
cyanidin-3,2-xylose galactoside-glucose dominated in
purple-orange. However, it is not clear if different composition
is related to tissue color or to the fact that the authors used
different carrot cultivars. Total anthocyanin level measured in
purple-yellow and purple-orange roots was about 100 mg
100 g−1 FW [3].