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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2013
Frito-lay Trading Company Gmbh, Berne, CH;
Leon A. Terry, Bedfordshire, GB;
Simon Charles McWilliam, Cambridge, GB;
Brian Robert Meyer, Leicestershire, GB;
Abstract
A method of storing potatoes comprises storing a plurality of endodormant or ecodormant potatoes in a first gaseous environment including carbon dioxide in an amount of from greater than the amount of carbon dioxide present in atmospheric air to up to 5 mol % based on the composition of the first gaseous environment; and in a subsequent storage step storing the potatoes in a second gaseous environment including carbon dioxide in an amount of from 0.03 to 2 mol % based on the composition of the second gaseous environment, the first and second gaseous environments having different carbon dioxide contents. The method may comprise: monitoring the dormancy of the potatoes; in response to eye movement of a potato, changing the first gaseous environment to a second gaseous environment; maintaining a level of carbon dioxide in the second gaseous environment below a selected threshold to control sugar content of the potatoes.