Author(s)

Mohammed Z. Alam¹, Gefu Wang-Pruski^1*, Mark Hodges², Garry R. Hawkins³, Martin Dino Kubik⁴, Sherry A. E. Fillmore²

¹Faculty of Agriculture, Dalhousie University, Truro, Canada.
²Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Kentville, Canada.
³McCain Foods Ltd., Florenceville-Bristol, Canada.
⁴Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Canada.

Total phenolics, anthocyanins and antioxidant capacity of five coloured/pigmented (AR2009-10, Adirondack Red, Adirondack Blue, Congo, and POROIPG22-1) and two unpigmented potato genotypes (“Anuschka” and “Russet Burbank”) were assessed in fresh (with and without skin) and commercially processed/cooked/reconstituted products. Ascorbate profiles of the seven genotypes also were investigated using fresh tuber/tissue only. The results showed that genotypes greatly varied in their contents of bioactive compounds. Ascorbate profiles of the genotypes were not associated to any particular flesh colour/pigment. However, the pigmented potatoes had 1.5 to 2.5 times more the phenolics, 2 to 3 times more antioxidant capacity and higher levels of anthocyanins (13.98 to 38.57 mg C3GE^-100g FW) compared to unpigmented genotypes. No anthocyanins were detected in the unpigmented potatoes. Significant losses of total phenolics, anthocyanins and total antioxidant capacity were found during peeling (18% - 23%), blanching process (40% - 60%) and further cooking/ reconstitution (7% - 12%) with no prominent genotype differences. Together, 65 to 90% of these bioactive compounds were lost during processing. The results suggested that pigmented potatoes contained higher amounts of total phenolics and anthocyanins and blanching step took away the most of the original bioactive compounds.

Potato, Phenolics, Antioxidant Capacity, Cooking, Reconstitution

Z. Alam, M. , Wang-Pruski, G. , Hodges, M. , R. Hawkins, G. , Dino Kubik, M. and A. E. Fillmore, S. (2017) Effect of Cooking and Reconstitution Methods on the Loss of Bioactive Compounds in Pigmented and Unpigmented Potatoes. Food and Nutrition Sciences, 8, 31-55. doi: 10.4236/fns.2017.81003.