12/5/2011
A helping of an orange coloured sweet potato just twice a week could save lives in Mozambique. This is no ordinary sweet potato – it has been bred to have a high beta-carotene content, a compound rich in vitamin A, which is found naturally in the root, hence the more intense orange colour. The human body is unable to synthesise vitamin A and has to obtain it from external sources.
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