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Hi ,

Sorry but Taro seems to have starch in it.

See article below.

Mimi

http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/abstract/113322157/ABSTRACT?CRETRY=1 & \

SRETRY=0

Food

Nutrient composition of taro (Colocasia esculenta) cultivars from the

Papua New Guinea highlands

Ron B. H. Wills 1, Jessie S. K. Lim 1, Greenfield 1, Tim Bayliss- 2

1School of Food Technology, University of New South Wales, PO Box 1,

Kensington, NSW 2033, Australia

2Department of Geography, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

Abstract

Taro samples were analysed for water, protein, fat, fructose, glucose,

sucrose, maltose, starch, organic acids, dietary fibre, ash, sodium,

potassium, iron, calcium, magnesium and zinc and the energy content

was calculated. The composition of Yaguat taro was determined at

various intervals during growth. The most marked changes were in

immature corms with a decrease in water content and an increase in

starch and energy content. There were minimal changes in composition

of taro from slightly immature to over-mature stages. The composition

of 36 samples of mature taro from 22 cultivars grown in four districts

was determined. There was a large range in proximate composition

between cultivars for most nutrients; for example, water ranged from

55.8 to 74.4 g 100 g-1, starch 20.0 to 35.1 g 100 g-1 protein 0.5 to

2.1 g 100 g-1, dietary fibre 1.4 to 5.4 g 100 g-1 and energy 403 to

672 kJ 100 g-1. However the same cultivar grown in two districts

tended to have a similar composition. Mineral levels were variable

between samples but the greatest variation was with zinc which varied

widely between districts.

> Hi listmates, does anyone know if Taro is a legal food on SCD. I just

> couldn't tell from its description on a yahoo search.

>

> Thanks

>

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Hi listmates, does anyone know if Taro is a legal food on SCD. I just couldn't

tell from its description on a yahoo search.

Thanks

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> Hi listmates, does anyone know if Taro is a legal food on SCD. I just couldn't

tell from its

description on a yahoo search.

>

> Thanks

Taro or Kalo is a tuberous root vegetable that is not SCD legal.

Carol F.

SCD 7 years, celiac

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