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Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
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Energy | 180 kJ (43 kcal) |
Carbohydrates
|
9.96 g
|
Sugars | 7.96 g |
Dietary fiber | 2.0 g |
Fat
|
.18 g
|
Protein
|
1.68 g
|
Vitamins | |
Vitamin A equiv. |
(0%)
2 μg |
Thiamine (B1) |
(3%)
.031 mg |
Riboflavin (B2) |
(2%)
.027 mg |
Niacin (B3) |
(2%)
.331 mg |
Pantothenic acid (B5)
|
(3%)
.145 mg |
Vitamin B6 |
(5%)
.067 mg |
Folate (B9) |
(20%)
80 μg |
Vitamin C |
(4%)
3.6 mg |
Trace metals | |
Calcium |
(2%)
16 mg |
Iron |
(6%)
.79 mg |
Magnesium |
(6%)
23 mg |
Manganese |
(14%)
0.3 mg |
Phosphorus |
(5%)
38 mg |
Potassium |
(6%)
305 mg |
Sodium |
(5%)
77 mg |
Zinc |
(4%)
.35 mg |
|
|
Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database |
The beetroot is the taproot portion of the beet plant,[1] also known in North America as the table beet, garden beet, red or golden beet, or informally simply as the beet. It is any of the cultivated varieties of beet (Beta vulgaris) grown for their edible taproots, especially B. vulgaris L. subsp. conditiva[2] and their greens. They are among the most commonly encountered varieties in North America, Central America and Europe.
Other than as a food, its uses include food coloring, improving the effectiveness of winter road salt, beet pulp as an animal fodder, table sugar, and as a medicinal plant.
The usually deep purple roots of beetroot are eaten either grilled, boiled, or roasted as a cooked vegetable, cold as a salad after cooking and adding oil and vinegar, or raw and shredded, either alone or combined with any salad vegetable. A large proportion of the commercial production is processed into boiled and sterilised beets or into pickles. In Eastern Europe, beet soup, such as borscht, is a popular dish. In Indian cuisine, chopped, cooked, spiced beet is a common side dish. Yellow-coloured beetroots are grown on a very small scale for home consumption.[3]
The green, leafy portion of the beet is also edible. It is most commonly served boiled or steamed, in which case it has a taste and texture similar to spinach. Those selected should be bulbs that are unmarked, avoiding those with overly limp leaves or wrinkled skins, both of which are signs of dehydration.
Beetroot can be peeled, steamed, and then eaten warm with butter as a delicacy; cooked, pickled, and then eaten cold as a condiment; or peeled, shredded raw, and then eaten as a salad. Pickled beets are a traditional food of the American South, and are often served on a hamburger in Australia, New Zealand, and the United Arab Emirates.[4]
A traditional Pennsylvania Dutch dish is pickled beet egg. Hard-boiled eggs are refrigerated in the liquid left over from pickling beets and allowed to marinate until the eggs turn a deep pink-red colour.
In Poland, beet is combined with horseradish to form popular ćwikła, which is traditionally used with cold cuts and sandwiches, but often also added to a meal consisting of meat and potatoes.
When beet juice is used, it is most stable in foods with a low water content, such as frozen novelties and fruit fillings.[5] Betanins, obtained from the roots, are used industrially as red food colourants, e.g. to intensify the colour of tomato paste, sauces, desserts, jams and jellies, ice cream, sweets, and breakfast cereals.[3]
Beetroot can also be used to make wine.[6]
Food shortages in Europe following World War I caused great hardships, including cases of mangelwurzel disease, as relief workers called it. It was a consequence of eating only beets.[7]
Beetroot is an excellent source of folate and a good source of manganese,[8] and contains betaines which may function to reduce the concentration of homocysteine,[9] a homolog of the naturally occurring amino acid cysteine. High circulating levels of homocysteine may be harmful to blood vessels and thus contribute to the development of heart disease, stroke, or peripheral vascular disease.[10] This hypothesis is controversial as it has not yet been established whether homocysteine itself is harmful or is just an indicator of increased risk for heart disease.[11]
The red colour compound betanin is not broken down in the body, and in higher concentrations may temporarily cause urine and stool to assume a reddish colour; in the case of urine this is called beeturia.[12] This effect may cause distress and concern due to the visual similarity to hematuria (blood in the urine) or blood in the stool, but is completely harmless and will subside once the food is out of the system.
Basic research on rats as well as pilot studies on humans have shown betaine may protect against liver disease, particularly the accumulation of liver fat deposits caused by alcohol abuse, protein deficiency, or diabetes.[10]
In preliminary research, beetroot juice reduced blood pressure in hypertensive individuals[13] and so may have an effect on mechanisms of cardiovascular disease.[14][15]
Dietary nitrate, such as that from consuming beets, may be a source for the biological messenger nitric oxide which induces the endothelium of arteries to signal smooth muscle, triggering vasodilation and increased blood flow.[16]
One study found positive effects beetroot may have on human exercise performance, showing that distance runners ran 5% faster times after consuming baked beetroot.[17]
A 2012 study tested the influence of dietary beet intake as a source of nitrate supplementation on resting heart rate and sustained apnea. Drinking beetroot juice, containing approximately 5 mmol of nitrate, was found to reduce resting blood pressure by 2% and increase the maximum duration of apnea by 11% in experienced divers, relative to a control group receiving a placebo.[18]
Betanin, obtained from the roots, is used industrially as red food colorant, to improve the color and flavor of tomato paste, sauces, desserts, jams and jellies, ice cream, sweets, breakfast cereals, etc.[3] Beetroot dye may also be used in ink.
Within older bulbs of beetroot, the color is a deep crimson, and the flesh is much softer.
The juice left after sugar extraction has been used to make road salt more effective.[19]
From the Middle Ages, beetroot was used as a treatment for a variety of conditions, especially illnesses relating to digestion and the blood. Bartolomeo Platina recommended taking beetroot with garlic to nullify the effects of 'garlic-breath'.[20]
Below is a list of several commonly available varieties of beets. Generally, 55 to 65 days are needed from germination to harvest of the root. All varieties can be harvested earlier for use as greens. Unless otherwise noted, the root colour of the following varieties are shades of red and dark red with different degrees of zoning noticeable in slices.
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リンク元 | 「テンサイ」「Beta vulgaris」「フダンソウ」「chard」 |
拡張検索 | 「beet western yellows virus」「beet yellows virus」「sugarbeet」「rove beetle」 |
関連記事 | 「bee」「be」 |
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