Question

Potato is rich in starch. Where does it get this starch from?

Answer 1

Starch:

• Starch is a complex carbohydrate and is found in food sources such as wheat, rice, potato etc.
• Potato is rich in starch and these starch granules are stored in a structure known as a tuber.
• A potato is an underground modified stem which is an example of a tuber.
• Potato starch is obtained from the tubers. Tubers are the modified structures of the stem in which the lower branches stem grow underground and swell at the tips to store food.