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Evaluation of By-Products of Potato Peel as Food Additive

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The potato plant is an important food source produced all over the world and it provides a significant portion of daily energy intake in nourishment. In addition, a significant rate of vitamins, fibre, mineral matters, protein, and fat can be obtained by consuming potato. In this study, the production, consumption, and usage areas of potato, a crucial source of our diet, and the possibilities of using it as food additives with the nutritional properties of its peel have been investigated. Generally, potato is consumed after its peel is removed in the homes and industrial areas and many of these peels are disposed off as wastes. Studies show that potato peel has a high content of dietary fibre, protein, carbohydrate, mineral matters, vitamin, phenolic, and antioxidant. The use of potato peel as food additives have also been discussed in this study.
... Studies show that potato peel has a high content of dietary fibre, protein, carbohydrates, mineral matters, vitamins, phenolic, and antioxidants (Yuksel and Durmaz 2022). The bioactive compounds found in potato peels (PP) is found to possess antioxidant properties, bactericidal and bacteriostatic properties that can be beneficial to human health. ...
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... Through the Harvest Plus programme, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) puts more emphasis on increasing the nutritional value of potatoes with the help of biofortification (Bouis and Saltzman, 2017). Potatoes are wholesome foods that supply immunity-boosting natural compounds like carbohydrates, vitamins, and micronutrients to the human diet (Beals, 2019;Upadhyaya and Bagri, 2021;Yuksel and Durmaz, 2022). The content of starch, vitamin C, and macro-and micronutrients in potato tubers can be elevated through supplementation, biofortification, and the combined application of plant growth-promoting microbes (PGPM) with other agricultural strategies . ...
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