Korean breeder releases purple vegs

There are tons of Japanese green leafy vegetables for the salad in the world, but there are very limited varieties for different colors.Asia Seed in Korea has bred and released special purple color vegetables for the Japanese green baby-leaf and fresh market. There are about 33 varieties in the Asia Seed breeding program.Asia Seed breeders are striving to develop darker purple and red color ones for human being?s health. The pigments of plants consist of chrorophyll, carotene, antocyanin, and xanthophyll. Most of special colors, especially carotene & antocyanin, contain a great amount of antioxidants and anti-carcinogens, which helps main functions of the human body.According to one of the breeders in Asia Seed, Mr. Yoon Soo Nam, purple varieties will bring an evolved concept to the world vegetable market. Thus, salad and candy are categorized into snack vegetables with the concept ?Take-out Purples? like a to-go coffee.Furthermore, Asia Seed has introduced a newly-bred Korean traditional radish, ?Sweet baby,? ?Bora King,? and ?Bora Nam.? Especially, Sweet Baby, the purple colored radish, has been selected as All-America-Selection (AAS) award together with Red Kingdom, a purple colored leaf.SourceHortiBiz