Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content

The supply of food products that present adequate nutritional quality is extremely important for maintaining the health of the population. Thus, different techniques have been used to obtain biofortified foods, with the aim of combating malnutrition caused by the absence of essential micronutrients,...

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Autores principales: Severo, Joseana, Santos, Felipe Nardo dos, Samborski, Tarcísio, Rodrigues, Rosane, Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira
Formato: Journal Article
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Bromatología y Toxicología 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171361
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author Severo, Joseana
Santos, Felipe Nardo dos
Samborski, Tarcísio
Rodrigues, Rosane
Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira
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Rodrigues, Rosane
Samborski, Tarcísio
Santos, Felipe Nardo dos
Severo, Joseana
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Santos, Felipe Nardo dos
Samborski, Tarcísio
Rodrigues, Rosane
Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira
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description The supply of food products that present adequate nutritional quality is extremely important for maintaining the health of the population. Thus, different techniques have been used to obtain biofortified foods, with the aim of combating malnutrition caused by the absence of essential micronutrients, especially in the poorest populations. 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. Studies using OFSP have shown promising results in obtaining foods with high levels of carotenoids. However, biofortified species must be validated for crop production viability, target micronutrient bioavailability and bioaccessibility, as well as the effect of processing on nutrients, so that the benefits to human health are effectively achieved.
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spelling CGSpace1713612025-01-29T12:58:04Z Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content Severo, Joseana Santos, Felipe Nardo dos Samborski, Tarcísio Rodrigues, Rosane Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira vitamin deficiencies carotenoids plant breeding nutrition malnutrition foods trace elements biofortification sweet potatoes food technology carotenes The supply of food products that present adequate nutritional quality is extremely important for maintaining the health of the population. Thus, different techniques have been used to obtain biofortified foods, with the aim of combating malnutrition caused by the absence of essential micronutrients, especially in the poorest populations. 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. Studies using OFSP have shown promising results in obtaining foods with high levels of carotenoids. However, biofortified species must be validated for crop production viability, target micronutrient bioavailability and bioaccessibility, as well as the effect of processing on nutrients, so that the benefits to human health are effectively achieved. 2021 2025-01-29T12:58:04Z 2025-01-29T12:58:04Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171361 en Open Access Sociedad Chilena de Nutrición, Bromatología y Toxicología Severo, Joseana; Santos, Felipe Nardo dos; Samborski, Tarcísio; Rodrigues, Rosane; and Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira. 2021. Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content. Revista chilena de nutrición 48(3): 414-424. https://doi.org/10.4067/s0717-75182021000300414
spellingShingle vitamin deficiencies
carotenoids
plant breeding
nutrition
malnutrition
foods
trace elements
biofortification
sweet potatoes
food technology
carotenes
Severo, Joseana
Santos, Felipe Nardo dos
Samborski, Tarcísio
Rodrigues, Rosane
Mello, Alexandre Furtado Silveira
Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content
title Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content
title_full Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content
title_fullStr Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content
title_full_unstemmed Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content
title_short Biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin A deficiency: Effect of food processing in carotenoid content
title_sort biofortified sweet potatoes as a tool to combat vitamin a deficiency effect of food processing in carotenoid content
topic vitamin deficiencies
carotenoids
plant breeding
nutrition
malnutrition
foods
trace elements
biofortification
sweet potatoes
food technology
carotenes
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/171361
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