Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L.): a Versatile Raw Material for the Food Industry

Abstract Sweet potato (SP) starchy roots have a broad range of colors, high-quality nutritional composition including bioactive substances (anthocyanins and β-carotene), vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber and starch. Several studies report the versatility of this root crop as part of the human diet a...

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Main Authors: Daniele Bach, Ana Cláudia Bedin, Luiz Gustavo Lacerda, Alessandro Nogueira, Ivo Mottin Demiate
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar) 2021-06-01
Series:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132021000101101&tlng=en