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Microscopic view: potato starch (amyloplasts) in plant cell. Many types of potatoes are grown for the production of potato starch, potato varieties with high starch content and high starch yields are selected. Recently, a new type of potato plant was developed that only contains one type of starch molecule: amylopectin, the waxy potato starch.
Waxy potato starch, when gelatinized, has a clearer film, a stickier paste and retrogradates (thickening of starch film or paste during storage) less compared to regular potato starch. Waxy potato starch derivatives are used in textile sizing and food applications. Two types of potato plant varieties are developed using different methods: one ...
This is a list of potato varieties or cultivars. Potato cultivars can have a range of colours due to the accumulation of anthocyanins in the tubers . These potatoes also have coloured skin, but many varieties with pink or red skin have white or yellow flesh, as do the vast majority of cultivated potatoes.
The potato (/ p ə ˈ t eɪ t oʊ /) is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile.
Waxy Yukon Gold potatoes yield a creamier texture than more starchy russets. Leaving their thin skin on instead of peeling them cuts down on prep time and also offers a boost of fiber.
A Marfona is a potato cultivar with a moderately waxy texture. It originated in the Netherlands in 1975. [1] It has a light brown or yellow skin and a yellow to cream flesh, [2] and is a high yielding Second Early variety. [3] Due to the potato having a strong flavour it is very good for use as baking, boiling and mashing. [2]
Potatoes roasted with a drizzle of your favorite healthy cooking oil is perfectly fine, she says, and if you like boiled potatoes (which don't require any added fat) that's great too. But a dish ...
Raw potatoes do have more vitamin C than cooked potatoes, Shelley Balls, a registered dietitian and nutritionist for Consumer Health Digest, tells USA TODAY. "When boiling potatoes, vitamin C ...