Colour Wheel of Plant Food Nutrition continued
| Plant food | Nutrition |
| Purple |
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| Beetroot | Root: Folate, potassium, phenolics |
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| Eggplant | Dietary fibre, antioxidants |
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| Grapes | Dietary fibre, vitamin C, potassium, vitamin A, |
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| flavenols, phenolics, vitamin E |
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| Olive | Vitamin E |
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| Plum | Vitamins C, E, potassium, carotenoids, phenolics, |
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| flavonoids, dietary fibre |
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| White |
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| Cauliflower | Vitamin C, dietary fibre, folate, indoles |
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| Chives | Sulphur compounds, flavonoids |
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| Fennel | Beta carotene, dietary fibre, folate, vitamin C, iron, |
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| flavonoids, coumarins, phenolics, terpenoids, leafy tops |
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| contain vitamin A |
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| Garlic | Protein, dietary fibre, potassium, iron, zinc, vitamin C, |
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| sulphur compounds, phenolics |
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| Ginger | Coumarin, gingerols, diarylheptanoids, phenolics, |
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| dietary fibre |
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| Leek | Fibre, iron, beta carotene, vitamins B6, C, E, thiamine, |
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| folate, other B vitamins |
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| Lychee | Vitamin C, calcium, potassium, phosphorous |
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| Onion | Oligosaccharides, dietary fibre, vitamin C, beta |
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| carotene, flavonoids, phenolics |
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| Parsnip | Vitamin C, E, niacin, potassium, dietary fibre |
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| Shallots | Beta carotene, vitamin C, dietary fibre |
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| Blue |
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| Blueberry | Carotenoids, resveratol, vitamin C, dietary fibre, |
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| flavonoids, phenolics, vitamin E |
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