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The tuber isn't poisonous unless it suffers prolonged exposure to sunlight (this is why you should not eat green potatoes). The green foliage and tomato-like fr

by DC-3 4y ago

The tuber isn't poisonous unless it suffers prolonged exposure to sunlight (this is why you should not eat green potatoes). The green foliage and tomato-like fruits of the potato plant are poisonous, so should not be eaten.

simonh 4y ago
Also while I wouldn’t call raw potato poisonous, it does contain toxins that are neutralised by cooking.
- pilsetnieks 4y ago
  > Most home processing methods like boiling, cooking, and frying potatoes have been shown to have minimal effects on solanine levels. Boiling potatoes reduces the solanine levels by only 1.2%, making it an ineffective way to decrease the concentration of glycoalkaloids in potatoes.[23] Deep-frying at 150 °C (302 °F) also does not result in any measurable change. Alkaloids like solanine have been shown to start decomposing and degrading at approximately 170 °C (338 °F), and deep-frying potatoes at 210 °C (410 °F) for 10 minutes causes a loss of ∼40% of the solanine.[24] However, microwaving potatoes only reduces the alkaloid content by 15%. Freeze drying and dehydrating potatoes has a very minimal effect on solanine content.[25][26] > The majority (30-80%) of the solanine in potatoes is found in the outer layer of the potato.[26] Therefore, peeling potatoes before cooking them reduces the glycoalkaloid intake from potato consumption. Fried potato peels have been shown to have 1.4–1.5 mg solanine/g, which is seven times the recommended upper safety limit of 0.2 mg/g.[18] Chewing a small piece of the raw potato peel before cooking can help determine the level of solanine contained in the potato; bitterness indicates high glycoalkaloid content.[18] If the potato has more than 0.2 mg/g of solanine, an immediate burning sensation will develop in the mouth.[18]
noasaservice 4y ago
Solanine poisoning can even be done by gas inhalation. Potatoes are inherently poisonous, especially if they are sprouting. But in the potato tuber itself, the doage is low enough not to worry... as long as you're older than 3 or 4. Beneath that, and you can subject children to poisoning accidentally. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/girl-8-orphaned-after-gas-from-rotting-potatoes-killed-her-entire-family_n_7360976.html https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/girl-8-orphaned-...

by DC-3 4y ago

simonh 4y ago

Also while I wouldn’t call raw potato poisonous, it does contain toxins that are neutralised by cooking.

pilsetnieks 4y ago
> Most home processing methods like boiling, cooking, and frying potatoes have been shown to have minimal effects on solanine levels. Boiling potatoes reduces the solanine levels by only 1.2%, making it an ineffective way to decrease the concentration of glycoalkaloids in potatoes.[23] Deep-frying at 150 °C (302 °F) also does not result in any measurable change. Alkaloids like solanine have been shown to start decomposing and degrading at approximately 170 °C (338 °F), and deep-frying potatoes at 210 °C (410 °F) for 10 minutes causes a loss of ∼40% of the solanine.[24] However, microwaving potatoes only reduces the alkaloid content by 15%. Freeze drying and dehydrating potatoes has a very minimal effect on solanine content.[25][26] > The majority (30-80%) of the solanine in potatoes is found in the outer layer of the potato.[26] Therefore, peeling potatoes before cooking them reduces the glycoalkaloid intake from potato consumption. Fried potato peels have been shown to have 1.4–1.5 mg solanine/g, which is seven times the recommended upper safety limit of 0.2 mg/g.[18] Chewing a small piece of the raw potato peel before cooking can help determine the level of solanine contained in the potato; bitterness indicates high glycoalkaloid content.[18] If the potato has more than 0.2 mg/g of solanine, an immediate burning sensation will develop in the mouth.[18]

noasaservice 4y ago

Solanine poisoning can even be done by gas inhalation. Potatoes are inherently poisonous, especially if they are sprouting. But in the potato tuber itself, the doage is low enough not to worry... as long as you're older than 3 or 4. Beneath that, and you can subject children to poisoning accidentally. https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/girl-8-orphaned-after-gas-from-rotting-potatoes-killed-her-entire-family_n_7360976.html https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2014/08/14/girl-8-orphaned-...