EEUU: Successful field trials for cold store potatoes
Calyxt, a company in Minnesota focusing on developing healthy food products to benefit both consumers and farmers, declared that it has completed the first field trials in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan for cold-storable potatoes.
A significant amount of potatoes harvested each fall are cold-stored to ensure a continuous supply throughout the year. During cold storage, reducing sugars can accumulate in the potatoes.
When cooked at temperatures above 250 degrees, the reducing sugars interact with free amino acids to form acrylamide. The National Toxicology Program and the International Agency for Research on Cancer has suggested that acrylamide can cause cancer.Calyxt scientists have deactivated the enzyme responsible for the degradation of sugars in the tuber, therefore reducing the creation of acrylamide during frying.
“We are very pleased by the results of our field trials, which continue to demonstrate Calyxt is an innovated player in the potato industry.” says Calyxt chief scientific officer Dan Voytas. “Cold-storable, non-transgenic potatoes provide a continuous, high-quality supply of potatoes and increase the usable yield for the French fry, potato chip and fresh market industries.”
Fuente: http://www.freshplaza.com/article/148632/
