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Baking softens a potato because heat gelatinizes its starch and breaks down cell wall structure.

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INSUFFICIENT LEANING
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Is it true that baking softens a potato because heat gelatinizes its starch and breaks down cell wall structure?

Unclear. Two sources partially support the claim: a food-science review states that moist heat causes sweet potato starch granules to absorb water, swell and gelatinize, and a microscopy study of baked sweet potato reports starch grains broken down, cells swollen and texture softened. Neither source explicitly ties gelatinization and cell wall breakdown together as the cause of softening.

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Evidence for · 3
Advances in Processing Techniques and Determinants of Sweet Potato Starch Gelatinization -
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Advances in Processing Techniques and Determinants of Sweet Potato Starch Gelatinization - PMC Lock. (n.d.). pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods14040545

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Baking
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Baking. (n.d.). en.wikipedia.org. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baking

遠赤外線放射物体ニューセラミックプレートで甘藷を加熱した場合の調理効果
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遠赤外線放射物体ニューセラミックプレートで甘藷を加熱した場合の調理効果. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.11428/jhej1987.47.1201

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