Can I eat sweet potatoes if they sprout a little?

Many friends say that sprouted sweet potatoes and potatoes are poisonous, but because the weather is gradually warming up at home, the stored sweet potatoes and potatoes will naturally sprout. Although they will be very beautiful after sprouting, many people are beginning to be afraid to eat them. After sweet potatoes sprout, they will not produce a lot of harmful substances like potatoes. Just remove the sprouted part and there is no need to worry.

Can sprouted sweet potatoes be eaten?

In fact, after sweet potatoes sprout, they do not produce harmful substances to the human body like potatoes. As long as the sprouts on the sweet potatoes are removed, they can be eaten, and there will be no legendary poisoning symptoms.

When eating sprouted sweet potatoes, be sure to remove the sprouts. But there is one thing everyone should pay attention to. After the sweet potatoes sprout, they lose a large amount of nutrients and water. Not only will they taste bad, but they will also lose their edible value. As for the claim that eating sprouted sweet potatoes can cause poisoning, there is no basis for this claim, it is unscientific, and is purely a misunderstanding in life. Nutritionists believe that sweet potatoes are not only a nutritious food, but also can have therapeutic effects on many diseases. There are many benefits of eating sweet potatoes, but you must use scientific methods.

Although sweet potatoes can be eaten after they sprout, they cannot be eaten if the skin has brown or black spots. This is because they are contaminated by black spot bacteria. The toxins excreted by the black spot bacteria contain sweet potato ketone and sweet potato ketone alcohol, which make the sweet potato hard and bitter, and are highly toxic to the human liver. Even if this toxin is boiled or roasted, its biological activity will not be destroyed. After consumption, symptoms usually appear within 24 hours, with gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. In severe cases, there may be high fever, headache, asthma, confusion, vomiting blood, coma, and even death.

Some flower lovers have grown sprouted sweet potatoes into potted plants, which is actually a good choice and looks very beautiful~

Although the appearance and taste are somewhat similar, potatoes that have sprouted are poisonous and cannot be eaten. However, it is not the entire potato that is inedible, only the sprouted part is inedible. After cutting it off, the rest of the potato can still be eaten.

When potatoes have just sprouted and the sprouts are not yet large, you can dig out a piece of the sprout and the eye. The rest of the part can still be eaten because the toxin is still concentrated in the eye and the surrounding part and the toxin has not yet spread. Although after the above treatment, some toxins will still remain. During processing, the buds and roots should be dug out, the skin should be peeled, and soaked in water for half an hour before processing and consumption. This kind of potato is not suitable for stir-frying or slicing, but can be braised, stewed or boiled.