Potato Flavor

The potato is one of the most popular vegetables worldwide and is the most important vegetable crop in the United States, accounting for nearly one-third of per-capita vegetable consumption. Potatoes can be prepared in many ways, including baking, boiling, roasting, frying, steaming, and microwaving...

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Published in:American journal of potato research 2010-04, Vol.87 (2), p.209-217
Main Author: Jansky, Shelley H.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agriculture
Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Life Sciences
Plant Breeding/Biotechnology
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Pathology
Plant Sciences
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Summary:The potato is one of the most popular vegetables worldwide and is the most important vegetable crop in the United States, accounting for nearly one-third of per-capita vegetable consumption. Potatoes can be prepared in many ways, including baking, boiling, roasting, frying, steaming, and microwaving, allowing for a diversity of uses. Most people find potatoes to be an agreeable food and very few actually dislike potatoes. Potato flavor results from the combination of taste, aroma, and texture. Flavor precursors synthesized by the plant are present in raw potatoes and consist mainly of sugars, amino acids, RNA, and lipids. Plant genotype, production environment and storage environment influence the levels of these compounds and the enzymes that react with them to produce flavor compounds. During cooking, flavor precursors react to produce the Maillard reaction compounds and the sugar, lipid and RNA degradation products that contribute to flavor. The identification of major flavor compounds is important for breeders to make gains in selection for enhanced flavor.
ISSN:1099-209X
1874-9380
DOI:10.1007/s12230-010-9127-6