Can the potatoes turn green and eaten?

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Potatoes, scientific name potato, also known as artichoke, is one of the world's top five crops. The potatoes are cheap, easy to store, easy to cook, and fry and oily, so they are loved by many people. In 2015, China launched the promotion strategy of processing potatoes into noodles, steamed bread, and other foods as staple foods. Together with rice, wheat, and corn, China is the fourth largest food producer in China. Before that, most people used potatoes as vegetables. However, in daily life, if the storage method is improper or the storage time is too long, the potatoes will turn green or even sprout. At this time, people are particularly interested to know: “The potatoes can't be eaten when they turn green”, “Can potatoes be sprouted and the buds can be cut off? What is it? ... ... Facing the green sprouting potatoes is thrown away directly, or take care of it, the following together with Xiao Bian to understand this knowledge.

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Can the potatoes turn green?

If the potatoes are left for a long time, partial or whole greening will occur. This is because the potatoes are affected by light and the leaves are green. This kind of potatoes is about to germinate. This will also greatly increase the content of solanine in potatoes. Solanum is bitter and numb, and it is a toxic substance. It has the highest content in potato flowers, followed by stems and leaves, and also in tubers, but its content is low. According to the relevant national regulations, solanine content exceeding 20mg/100g will cause harm to humans and animals.

Some people experimented with a small portion of potatoes that turned green and turned green in large areas. Experiments showed that the content of solanine in the skin of a small part of green potatoes exceeded the limit, while the content of solanine in the skin of a large area of ​​green potatoes reached a limit value. 5 times more. But eating potatoes is usually to be peeled, then the green potatoes can be eaten after peeling it? After experimental tests, it was found that the level of solanine in potato peeled off the green skin was still higher than the edible limit. Cutting off the green part of the potatoes, leaving the potato with no green parts, the solanine content is below the limit of 20mg/100g. This shows that only partially green potatoes can be eaten as long as they are all cut off and green, but if potatoes turn green and they are deep inside, they cannot be eaten anymore.

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Can potatoes be sprouted and cut off to eat?

Potatoes contain toxins - solanine, under normal circumstances, this very low level of toxins will not cause harm to the human body. However, the content of solanine in germinated potatoes will be greatly increased. When eating more, there will be diarrhea, nausea, mouth and throat pruritus, vomiting and other poisoning symptoms. If you eat 300 mg (about 60g of germinated potatoes) above solanine has There may be danger of life. Then, potato sprouted and cut off bud to eat? In general, for potatoes that germinate less (ie, just grow a small bud), when they eat, they are peeled and buds are removed and the surrounding parts of the buds are completely excavated, and the parts that turn green or green are cut off and they are still edible. of. Before cooking, soak in cold water for a while. Add vinegar in cooking to break down the toxins. However, if the potatoes germinate on a large area or most of them turn green, it is best to throw away and do not eat any more.

What kind of potato can not eat?

In addition to the above-mentioned germination, green potatoes can not eat, what other potatoes can not eat?

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Moldy, rotten potatoes can't be eaten

The long-term storage of potatoes may cause moldy rot. The potato solanine content also exceeds the limit by many times. If consumed, it may cause food poisoning. If it is only mildly moldy or rot, cut out the bad parts, as long as the remaining part does not germinate, turn green, or eat.

Renovate potatoes do not eat

The refurbished potato is a "new potato" that has been placed in a special equipment for cleaning potatoes after a long period of time (possibly germinating or turning green) and then polished into fresh skin.

Do not eat potatoes that are not peeled

The solanine in potatoes is mainly concentrated in the epidermis and near the skin. To prevent poisoning, it is best to peel the potatoes.

Do not eat cooked potatoes

The potato starch content is extremely high, raw starch is not digestible, eating unripe potatoes can cause gastrointestinal disharmony, and even abdominal distention, diarrhea and other symptoms.

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