Taro is mainly eaten in the tuberous part, not only as an important food crop, but also to make delicious food. The tubers of taro also have a high medicinal value, and can be used to treat mastitis, canker sores, carbuncles, cervical lymphatic tuberculosis and so on. But if the taro is sprouted, can you eat it? The first thing you need to do is to look at it!

Can you eat sprouted taro

Sprouted taro can be eaten, there is no harm to health. It's just that some of the nutrients will be lost when the taro is sprouted, and the taste of the taro will deteriorate when it is sprouted.

In fact, sprouting is also part of the taro. From the top of the taro you can see where the leaves of the original taro grow, which shows that the sprouted taro is edible.

Taro and sweet potato are different. Sweet potato sprouting is to secrete a harmful toxin, and taro will not, so taro sprouting is edible.

Although taro and potatoes are almost the same, the starch content is relatively high, but taro and potatoes are not the same, taro sprouting does not produce toxins, is completely non-toxic.

The taro sold in supermarkets is actually originally sprouted, only people in the harvest when the sprouted part pulled out. Therefore, sprouted taro is safe to eat.

? It should be noted that when you choose to eat taro, it is best to soak your hands in vinegar before you start peeling the taro, so that you can prevent your hands from being allergic to taro mucus.