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Potato Proteins

Potato: Nutrition and Food Security, Page: 51-71
2020
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Book Chapter Description

Proteins play various functional as well as structural roles in all living cells and are one of the main components of human nutrition. Of the various sources of proteins, potato alone contributes about 3% of the recommended dietary allowance of protein globally. With the protein content ranging from 1 to 3% of tuber fresh weight potato proteins have excellent biological value of 90–100. Potato proteins are mainly classified into three groups: patatins, protease inhibitors and other proteins. Attempts have been made to improve the protein in potato in terms of quantity and quality. Potato protein, products and hydrolysates are considered the “Generally Recognized as Safe” and non-allergenic and are being incorporated in various vegetarian/vegan products. Potato proteins have also been found to be industrially useful due to their emulsifying, foaming and gelling properties. Processes for extraction of proteins from potato/potato juices at large industrial scale have been developed keeping in view the ample scope and potential global market available for potato proteins.

Bibliographic Details

Som Dutt; Pinky Raigond; Brajesh Singh; Anshul Sharma Manjul; Swarup Kumar Chakrabarti

Springer Science and Business Media LLC

Agricultural and Biological Sciences; Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology; Medicine; Health Professions; Engineering; Chemistry

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