Red - Food and Drink

Food and Drink

Most red foods derive from one of two sources. Plants like apples, strawberries, cherries, tomatoes, peppers, and pomegranates are often colored by forms of carotenoids, red pigments that were originally developed to assist photosynthesis. Red meat gets its color from the iron found in the myoglobin and hemoglobin in the muscles and residual blood.

Read more about this topic:  Red

Famous quotes containing the words food and/or drink:

    “The office of the prince and that of the writer are defined and assigned as follows: the nobleman gives rank to the written work, the writer provides food for the prince.”
    —Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872)

    “One drink is too many for me and a thousand not enough.”
    —Brendan Behan (1923–1964)