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Dehydrated potato flakes are cooked, mashed potatoes sized to the required form and bulk density. Potato flakes are potatoes that have been through an industrial process to yield a packaged convenience food that can be reconstituted in the home in seconds by adding hot water or milk, producing mashed potatoes with very little expenditure of time and effort.
Mashed potatoes can be reconstituted from potato flour, but the process is made more difficult by lumping; a key characteristic of flakes is, it eliminates the lumping and the mash is smooth.| Nutrition Facts Serving size 30g (dry) | |
Amount
Per
Serving |
Calories
110
Calories
from
Fat
0%
Daily
alue* |
| Total Fat 0.1g | 0.3% |
| Saturated F at 0g | 0% |
| Cholesterol 0mg | 0% |
| Sodium 24mg | 1% |
| Total Carbohydrate 24g | 8% |
| Dietary Fiber 1g | 3% |
| Protein 2g | |
| Vitamin C | 12% |
| Iron | 4% |
| *Percent D aily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. | |
Superior
Mash from flakes potatoes are substantially similar to mash of fresh potatoes in their nutritional qualities, about two-thirds starch by dry weight, with similar amounts of protein, dietary fiber, and vitamins. Flakes are enriched with additional minerals and antioxidants to increase nutritional value and shelf life, hence better than fresh potatoes. Has controlled moisture levels which allow the multipurpose application that is not possible with fresh mash.
Potato being a seasonal product, truly good quality can be expected only around the harvest months of Jan to June; post June potatoes will have increased sugar levels from carbohydrate conversion; post Sep there will be sprouting tendencies which can lead to toxin accumulation (greenish hue) in potatoes.
Region to region and crop to crop variance in raw potato quality, size and availability.
Very short shelf life under normal conditions for potatoes.
Risk of microbial contamination is high; being a tuber.
Potato has 78% water. In fried items like wafers or chips approximately half the water content vaporizes during frying and equivalent amount of frying media (oil) replaces water loss. Thus we will have 36 to 38% w/w oil in wafers made from raw potatoes.

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