What food scientists say.

When potatoes are stored improperly, potatoes will sprout. Sprouted potatoes are actually poisonous. This statement is very correct. Once potatoes sprout, a toxic alkaloid will be produced in their bodies.

This alkaloid is called solanine. After eating this toxic substance, it will have a great impact on the human body. If you eat too much, it will cause vomiting. Dizziness, diarrhea, and other adverse phenomena. In severe cases, it may even threaten your life.

Introduction.

Although sprouted potatoes are poisonous, potatoes after sprouting are not inedible. The toxic substances produced by potatoes mainly exist in the epidermis of potatoes. In the face of sprouting, When cooking potatoes, you only need to dig out the sprouted areas, and then peel off two more layers of the potato skin, and you can eat them.

Secondly, when cooking potatoes, use a high-temperature environment to cook the potatoes for a short while. After the potatoes are completely fried, this toxic substance will no longer exist. As long as the taste of sprouted potatoes is not raw, there will be no problem in eating such potatoes.