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By weight, the average russet potato is about 78.3 percent water. After water, starches and sugars compose the bulk of the potato's chemical content at about 18 percent. Non-digestible carbohydrates--or fiber--in the form of cellulose and pectin make up another 0.4 percent of the potato. Another 2.2 percent of the potato is protein, 0.1 percent is fat, and the last 1 percent is non-organic mineral compounds, mostly in or on the peel.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe atoms inside a potato are normal. You have combinations of different atoms to make different molecules which make different substances. In a potato, you might have some potassium (K) and some sodium (Na).
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∙ 12y agoPotatoes are mainly water and starch, which is composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. There are also small quantities of proteins and nucleic acids, which add nitrogen, sulfur, and phosphorus to the mix. There is some potassium. Most other elements (with the possible exception of sodium, which I had difficulty finding data for and may depend on the sodium content of the soil it was grown in) are present only in trace amounts.
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∙ 11y agoFor example: carbon, oxygen, hydrogen, and microelements as Ca, Fe, Mg, P, Na, K.
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∙ 7y agoMost abundant elements in potatoes are C, H, O, N, P, S together with some minerals Ca, Na.
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