What’s in a beet? Not a music note guys, the vegetable. It’s all the rage, this red root, but what makes it so trendy? It’s better than kale, I promise. Beets, or beetroot to the farmer (that may or may not be true), is the root portion of the beet plant. Most commonly known in America as the beet, it’s also called such names as table beet, garden beet, red beet and even gold beet. But yeah, a beet by any name eats the same? :) It is one of the cultivated varieties of beta vu