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Benders'dictionary of nutrition and food technology

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95CAROTENEScarotenoids A general term for the wide variety <strong>of</strong> red <strong>and</strong> yellowcompounds chemically related to carotene that are found inplant <strong>food</strong>s, some <strong>of</strong> which are precursors <strong>of</strong> vitamin a, <strong>and</strong> henceknown as provitamin A carotenoids.

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