Asparagus White AA - 250g

Netherland / Italy

Asparagus tastes best when cooked the day you buy it. If that's not in your plans,trim the bottoms and stand the spears up in a glass or jar with about an inch of water. Cover with a plastic bag then refrigerate them for up to 4 days.

White asparagus is a good source of calcium, phosphorus, potassium, and vitamin C. It also contains fiber, iron, niacin, and vitamins A, B1 and B2. White asparagus is a good source of antioxidants rutin, ascorbic acid, tocopherol, glutathione and ferulic acid. The pale variety also contains a high amount of aspartic acid, which was named after asparagus, the source from which it was first isolated.

250g, loose in paper bag.
AA (+20mmØ)

White asparagus is green asparagus grown under the cover of soil, unexposed to sunlight. Without chlorophyll the asparagus does not produce any pigment or color. Varieties used to produce White asparagus are thicker than the common green cultivars.