Ingredient
“SP roots were found to contain acrylamide precursors, that is, 4.17 mg/g glucose and 5.05 mg/g fructose, and 1.63 mg/g free asparagine.”
acrylamide precursors → are found in → sweet potato roots
“In contrast to the sweet potato and yam flours and starches, with larger particle size distributions from 28.3 and 251 μm”
sweet potato flour → has → larger particle size distribution from 28.3 and 251 μm
“SP chips that were fried in a lower degree of unsaturation oils contained a lower acrylamide concentration (1443 μg/kg), whereas those fried with higher degree of unsaturated oils contained a higher acrylamide concentration (2019 μg/kg).”
acrylamide concentration → is higher in → sweet potato chips fried in higher degree of unsaturated oils
“Based on a sample of 1,321 observations of children under the age 5, biofortification reduced diarrhea prevalence by 11.4 percentage points (95% CI 2.0–20.8)”
biofortification with orange sweet potatoes → reduced → diarrhea prevalence
“and by 18.9 percentage points in children under the age three (95% CI 6.6–68.3).”
biofortification with orange sweet potatoes → reduced → diarrhea prevalence
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