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a potato remains a potato even after it is cooked.so is it physical or chemical change?

a potato remains a potato even after it is cooked.so is it physical or chemical change?

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Cooking of food is a combination of physical and chemical change.

  • So, when potato is cooked, it becomes swelled and soften which shows physical change.
  • Potatoes are in rich of starch. So tough connective tissue of starch turns into gelatin when potato is cooked which shows a chemical change.

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