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Nutrition in Potato and Its Food Products

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Potatoes have been consumed since ages; however, efforts to popularize its nutritional significance have increased its importance as an alternative for food and nutritional security. Accelerated growth of potato in the developing world including Asia and Africa can help to substantiate the food and nutritional requirements of the undernourished in these regions. This chapter focuses on the nutritional importance of potato in terms of energy and carbohydrates, proteins and amino acids, vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, novel health-promoting compounds, and also antinutrients present in potato. This chapter also includes the nutritional significance of popular potato products. This chapter helps to popularize potato as a healthy food and enhances its acceptance as a staple healthy food. It also helps to remove misconceptions associated with potato consumption.

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  1. ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

    Brajesh Singh, Pinky Raigond, Som Dutt, Milan K. Lal & Sushil S. Changan

  2. ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Regional Station, Jalandhar, Punjab, India

    Arvind Jaiswal

  3. ICAR-Central Potato Research Institute Regional Station, Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, India

    Bandana Koundal

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  2. ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi, India

    Pritam Kalia

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Singh, B. et al. (2023). Nutrition in Potato and Its Food Products. In: Singh, B., Kalia, P. (eds) Vegetables for Nutrition and Entrepreneurship. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-9016-8_9

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