The potato has hit the headlines. Or rather, the green potato has risen.
Potatoes should not be stored in direct light. Adobe Stock / AOP
Green potatoes should not be eaten. However, you can surprisingly often find greenish potatoes in bags of potatoes bought at the store. Avoid them.
Or potatoes may start to turn green at home if they have been stored incorrectly.
Green potatoes contain, for example, solanine and caconine, which are harmful to health in high concentrations.
In recent days, the green potato has made headlines because it has been used in Smaak’s dry dog food. It has caused symptoms of poisoning in dogs.
If there is only a little green, you can remove it and eat only the light part of the potato. Adobe stock/AOP
To prevent greening, potatoes must be stored in stores and at home protected from light.
At home, the vegetable compartment of the refrigerator is the best place.
Eating green potatoes can cause poisoning symptoms such as stomach or intestinal pain, diarrhea, vomiting and nervous symptoms.
Instead, the green color of the carrot is caused by leaf green, which is formed if the carrot stock is exposed to light while growing. The green strain is not poisonous, but due to its bitter taste it is good to cut it off.