The Chinese started making rice from potatoes

The production line went into operation in November, Xinhua reported. The new product has the potential to transform potatoes, which have high yields and wide adaptability but short shelf life, into a popular staple food in China, thus helping the country ensure food security. Wu Qi, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and a physical chemist, spent five years developing a technology that changes the properties of potato starch macromolecules at the physical level by changing the shape of the starch chain. The scientists said that the "potato rice" was processed at high temperature and high pressure, so the rice does not need to be washed and soaked. It can be cooked in an ordinary electric rice cooker like real rice, and the amount of water and cooking time are much less than that of rice. After processing, the product can be stored at room temperature for a long time without the need for ventilation or temperature and humidity control. This is convenient, unlike ...