Vitamin A (mcg RAE)
Is one carrot too much vitamin A?
Actually, carrots are pretty rich in carotenoids. 100g contain 8,280 mcg of beta-carotene and 3,480 of alpha-carotene. Practically, a medium carrot has about 500 mcg RAE of vitamin A, or 56% of the recommended daily intake!
How much vitamin A is absorbed from carrots?
For instance, since a lot of the nutrients are in the fibre, when you eat a raw carrot, you are only able to absorb about 1% of the beta-carotene. When a carrot is juiced, eliminating the fibre, virtually 100% of the beta-carotene may be assimilated. Read more about Beta Carotene here.