100g of taro contains 8 1 kcal (100g of edible parts); 100g of rice contains calories: 1 16 calories. The same amount of rice and taro, rice has higher calories.

The same amount of rice and taro, rice has higher calories. Taro is a kind of heel food with lower calorie than sweet potato, and its main component is carbohydrate (starch), so it can be classified as staple food. Because taro starch is a relatively fine particle, which is only 1/9 of corn starch or wheat flour starch particles, the speed of taro starch digestion and absorption in human body is relatively fast.

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The impression of our country was recorded as early as in the Historical Records: "Under the Minshan Mountain, there are crouching owls in the wild, and they will not be hungry until they die, and they will be impressed by the clouds. The shape of Gai Kuikui is like a squat. " After long-term selection and cultivation by working people according to local conditions, there are many different types of varieties, among which the following three types are common:

1. Multi-headed taro: the mother taro is clustered with tillers and few seeds, and it is cultivated in mountainous areas of Taiwan Province; The dogclaw taro in Yishan, Guangxi belongs to this category. Characteristics: the plant is short, with many leaves in one plant and many taro under it, which are combined into one piece; It is powdery and tastes like chestnuts.

2. Dakui taro: the mother taro is single or few, fat and delicious, with few children, tall plants, strong tillering ability and few children, but the mother taro is very developed, powdery, delicious and high in yield. Such as areca nut, bamboo taro, red areca nut, areca nut taro, noodle taro, red taro, yellow taro, glutinous rice taro and fire taro, which are common in tropical areas such as Taiwan Province, Fujian and Guangdong.

3. Multi-seed taro: There are many seeds and clusters, and the mother taro has many fibers, which is not delicious. This kind of taro has strong tillering ability, and the daughter taro is spindle-shaped with thin tail, which is easy to separate from the mother taro. The cultivation purpose is to harvest the daughter taro. Most of the cultivators in central and northern China belong to this category. For example, early-born white taro in Taiwan Province, white-stalked taro in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, and yellow-pink taro in Cixi, Zhejiang. Red-topped taro, black-footed taro in Zhejiang, black persimmon taro in Taiwan Province and other varieties with red or purple petioles also belong to this category.