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What is a purple potato?
A purple potato is a kind of potato that has purple skin and or flesh (sometimes called blue) with varieties being Purple Peruvian, Davis Purple, Eureka Purple, Fenton Blue, Purple Mountain, Blue Tomcat etc.They turn purple cause of the plants chemicals.A purple potato is a kind of potato that has purple skin and or flesh (sometimes called blue) with varieties being Purple Peruvian, Davis Purple, Eureka Purple, Fenton Blue, Purple Mountain, Blue Tomcat etc.
What makes a purple potato purple?
They contain the same antioxidants found in blueberries- anthocyanin which gives blueberries their blue color and purple potatoes their purple color. The color that anthocyanin takes is based upon the pH. A purple potato is a kind of potato that has purple skin and or flesh (sometimes called blue) with varieties being Purple Peruvian, Davis Purple, Eureka Purple, Fenton Blue, Purple Mountain, Blue Tomcat etc.
What country do purple potatoes come from?
potatoes are from Peru. The purple potato is simply a result of breeding and genetics.
What unusual color is the organically grown Hungarian potato?
The Hungarian potato is purple.
What is the history on purple potatoes?
Like all potatoes they are native to Peru. There is know way of knowing when they were first grown since there are many purple potato varieties among the hundreds of different potato varieties that were first developed in Peru. When you buy from seed catalogs there is usually a blurb telling you about the history of the particular potato you have chosen.
Is there a difference between ripe and unripe purple sweet potato constituents?
Is there a difference between ripe and unripe purple sweet potato constituents?
What is a purple grape like body inside a sell of a potato tuber?
The purple grape like BODIES inside a CELL of a potato tuber is Amyloplast
Does a sweet potato start as a flower?
Some of them do, but it depends on what kind it is.
What kind of cell is a potato?
A potato is not a cell, so a potato is not any kind of cell.
Can you eat purple sweet potato skin?
yes
Is the purple potato better then a white one?
yes
Are there noodles made from sweet potato?
There are Japanese noodles made from special kinds of sweet potato that grow in Japan.Some are mixed with buckwheat and so are a type of "soba" noodle. Others only have potato and starch. Some types of Japanese potato are sato imo (mountain potato), and Okinawan sweet potato (which is purple).
