Sweet potato germination is a natural phenomenon, and it will not produce toxins after germination, so the germinated sweet potato can still be eaten. However, most sweet potatoes will lose a lot of nutrition and water after germination, and will make the taste worse. In other words, germinated sweet potatoes can be eaten, but they will become unpalatable.

Cut off the sprouted part before eating, then wash it with clear water, cut the sweet potato into pieces, and cook it according to your own needs later. But when you eat those sprouted sweet potatoes, you must know that such sweet potatoes lose a lot of nutrients and the sugar will drop greatly, so people will think that such sweet potatoes are not sweet at all.

Note that there is a germinated sweet potato that must not be eaten! The germination epidermis of sweet potato has brown or black spots, which is caused by Alternaria alternata pollution. The activity of toxins discharged by them cannot be destroyed even after cooking and baking, so this sweet potato must not be eaten.