Title:	Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: effect of food processing in carotenoid content.
Authors:	SEVERO, J. SANTOS, F. N. dos SAMBORSKI, T. MELLO, A. F. S.
Affiliation:	JOSEANA SEVERO, Department of Food Production, Campus Santa Rosa, Federal Institute Farroupilha.; FELIPE NARDO DOS SANTOS, Department of Agroindustrial Science and Technology, Federal University of Pelotas; TARCÍSIO SAMBORSKI, Department of Food Production, Campus Santo Augusto, Federal Institute Farroupilha; ALEXANDRE FURTADO SILVEIRA MELLO, CNPH.
Date Issued:	2021
Citation:	Revista Chilena de Nutrición, Santiago, v. 48, n. 3, p. 414-424, 2021.
Description:	This review presents an overview of biofortification, with an emphasis on orange-flesh sweet potatoes (OFSP), and points out the effects of food processing on nutritional compounds. The identification of cultivars and biofortification actions to obtain biofortified OFSP by conventional breeding are presented as affordable strategies to supply β-carotene to alleviate vitamin A deficiency, without having ethical dilemmas related to transgenics.
Thesagro:	Batata Doce Caroteno Ipomoea Batatas
NAL Thesaurus:	Biofortification Sweet potatoes Vitamin A deficiency Plant breeding Food technology Beta-carotene
ISSN:	0716-1549
DOI:	https://dx.doi.org/10.4067/S0717-75182021000300414
Type of Material:	Artigo de periódico
Access:	openAccess
Appears in Collections:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CNPH)