how many baby carrots equal '1 large carrot'?

jbrau13
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  • January 11, 2016
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kgl January 5, 2021
I have a recipe that calls for 3 carrots sliced. I have the ready to eat baby carrots and I need to know approximately how many baby carrots equal one carrot. It has nothing to do with convenience or taste, it's just what I have. Help please.
 
Sammi O. September 13, 2020
I’m pretty sure 1 large carrot is 12 baby ones
 
kgl January 5, 2021
that seems like a lot.
 

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JT R. January 5, 2018
Enough with the insinuations and back handed statements. This individual is likely looking at recipes for a meal or idea they have. Since recipes often bounce between whole carrot and baby carrots, the individual is likely trying to figure out the difference in quantity between the recipes that are using whole large carrots or Baby carrots :)
 
Declan January 11, 2016
Why? It's a different beast. Baby carrots taste sweeter. But, weight for weight ... Average 5 I would suggest.
 
Smaug January 11, 2016
Most of what passes for "baby" carrots these days are "baby cut" carrots, which are regular carrots cut down to size. They don't taste or behave any differently, they're just a convenience to avoid cleaning and cutting. And a marketing trick.
 
702551 January 12, 2016
@Declan:

Here in America our supermarkets frequently market bags of "baby carrots" that are nothing but regular carrots whittled down to bite-size fragments.

A real baby carrot (at least the kind that shows up at farmers markets) is a slender, wispy thing, with skin, greens, whiskery hairs, dirt, etc., none of which are present in "baby carrots" commonly marketed in US grocery stores.

My guess is if someone asks a question like "how many baby carrots equal '1 large carrot'", they are referring to the heavily-processed supermarket sham known as "baby carrots", not real baby carrots that you'd find at a farmers market. After all, if you buy real baby carrots on a regular basis, you should know approximately how many comprise a "1 large carrot" [sic].
 
punky1 June 14, 2019
You're a moron
 
Tim D. December 30, 2019
How the heck do you think baby carrots are sweeter when they are adult carrots shaved to be smaller?
 
Smaug January 11, 2016
Your terms are a bit vague, but a largish carrot is about 3 oz.; if you don't have a scale, about a fifth of a 1 lb. bag- most carrot uses (even carrot cake) will leave you some wiggle room on the quantity.
 
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