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- This GM potato is not intended or authorised as food, but for the production of starch for industrial applications. Its by-products, however, may be used as feed. According to the EC, it will optimise the production process and allow savings on raw materials, energy, water and oil-based chemicals.
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The fact that Europe's newly approved GM crop is a potato for industrial starch production rather than food may make this reversal easier to digest: for now, the end product is more likely to be found in your glossy printing paper than on your dining table.
A genetically modified potato is a potato that has had its genes modified, using genetic engineering. Goals of modification include introducing pest resistance , tweaking the amounts of certain chemicals produced by the plant, and to prevent browning or bruising of the tubers.
Jan 6, 2022 · Potato ( Solanum tuberosum L.) is the third most important food for human consumption behind wheat and rice, and among the top horticultural crops. 1 Two thirds of the annual yield is marketed fresh, while the remainder is processed for snack and other industrial food products, including animal feed, adhesives, pharmaceuticals, wood, and textile...
- 10.1080/21645698.2021.1993688
- 2021
- GM Crops Food. 2021; 12(1): 479-496.
Amflora (EH92-527-1) is a GM potato produced by BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) that lacks amylose and instead contains amylopectin (>98%) as the predominant starch 1, 2. Amylose ordinarily has to...
- Gerhart U Ryffel
- gerhart.ryffel@uni-due.de
- 2010
Sep 3, 2010 · This GM potato is not intended or authorised as food, but for the production of starch for industrial applications. Its by-products, however, may be used as feed. According to the EC, it will optimise the production process and allow savings on raw materials, energy, water and oil-based chemicals.
Amflora (EH92-527-1) is a GM potato produced by BASF (Ludwigshafen, Germany) that lacks amylose and instead contains amylopectin (>98%) as the predominant starch1,2. Amylose ordinarily has to be...
Jan 1, 2009 · The total production of potato starch is small compared to the total amount of starch produced in the world. This chapter gives an overview of the total production of starch worldwide focusing on the major commercial modifications of all potato starch reactions and the various uses of potato starch.
