Question: Greening of potato results in:
Options:
Increase in weight
Increase in nutritional quality
Decrease in nutritional quality
Decrease in weight
✅ Explanation
🔹 Greening of potato results in the decrease in nutritional quality.
🔹 Greening of potato results in the decrease in nutritional quality.
🟢 Key Points
→ The green indicates an increase in glycoalkaloids.
→ When the potato is green, chlorophyll and solanine levels dramatically increase.
→ Greening is the result of exposure to light, and this can occur in the field when potato tubers poke out of the ground.
→ The green color itself is not harmful; it may indicate the presence of a toxin called solanine.
→ Peeling green potatoes can help reduce solanine levels.