What About Green Potatoes?
Have you ever noticed a potato turning green?
The green color itself comes from chlorophyll, the pigment plants use during photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll isn’t harmful.
However, green potatoes often contain elevated levels of solanine and chaconine because both develop under similar conditions—primarily exposure to light.
If only a small area is green, you can sometimes cut it away.
If much of the potato is green, it’s safest to throw it out.
