Potatoes created with higher levels of carotenoids

Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 12:31 in Health & Medicine

Potatoes with higher levels of beneficial carotenoids are the result of new studies to improve one of America's most popular vegetables. Scientists bred yellow potatoes with carotenoid levels that are two to three times higher than those of the popular Yukon Gold yellow-fleshed potato variety.

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