Food_Feeds (Food Technology & Allied science)

Other Vegetables This group includes a large number of vegetables. Some of them are good sources of Vitamin C. Yellow pumpkin is a fair source of β carotene.

Roots and Tubers The important foods in this group are potato, sweet potato, tapioca, carrot elephant yam and colocasia. They are, in general, good sources of carbohydrate. They are, however, poor sources of proteins, except potato which is a fair source. Carrot and yellow flesh variety of sweet potato are good sources of carotene but potato, tapioca and white flesh variety of sweet potato do not have much of carotene. Since they are poor sources of proteins, they can be used only in small amounts as a partial substitute for cereals. Consumption of excessive amounts of tapioca by young children is the main cause for the protein malnutrition.

Green Leafy Vegetables Green leafy vegetables are rich in β carotene (provitamin A) They are good sources of calcium, riboflavin, folic acid and vitamin C Daily consumption of 100g of leafy vegetables by adults and 50g by children will provide the daily requirements of β carotene, folic acid and vitamin C and a part of the calcium and riboflavin requirements They are the cheapest among the protective foods.

Vegetables Vegetables may be broadly divided into three groups from the nutritional point of view (i) Green leafy vegetables (ii) roots and tubers (iii) other vegetables