PL
Celem przeprowadzonych badań była ocena zawartości wybranych składników mineralnych (azotu, potasu, fosforu, wapnia, magnezu, sodu) w bulwach ziemniaka jadalnego. Materiał badawczy stanowiły próby bulw ziemniaka zakupione w sieci handlowej na terenie środkowo-wschodniej Polski. Zakupu dokonano w trzech rodzajach sklepów, tj. supermarket, sklep spożywczy i sklep owocowo-warzywny. Każdy rodzaj sklepu był reprezentowany przez 10 punktów sprzedaży. W każdym punkcie sprzedaży zakupiono po trzy opakowania bulw ziemniaka, każde o masie 2,0-2,5 kg. Ziemniaki zakupione we wszystkich rodzajach sklepów różniły się istotnie pod względem zawartości azotu, potasu i fosforu, a zawartości wapnia, magnezu i sodu były do siebie zbliżone.
EN
Potato is the fourth most important food crop in the world after rice, wheat and maize. In many European countries, potatoes represent main staple food and therefore consumption of tubers can substantially affect human dietary intake of many elements. Appropriate nutrition, that is supplying sufficient levels of energy, nutrients and minerals, is a precondition determining the right functioning of the organism. In recent years there has been an increasing interest in potato-based diets due to the crop's nutritional and dietetic aspects as well as medicinal use. The aim of the study was to assessment content of selected mineral (nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, sodium) in edible potato tubers. Samples of potato tubers were purchased in three kinds of outlets, all of them operating either in east-central Poland (Siedlce and Międzyrzec Podlaski): supermarkets (cultivars: Melody, Augusta, Milva, Satina, Asterix, Sante), grocery shops (cultivars: Irga, Lord, Tajfun) and fruit and vegetable shops (cultivars: Irga, Lord, Vineta). Three packets of potato tubers, each weighing 2.0-2.5 kg, were purchased in 10 shops representing each kind of outlet. Chemical analyses were conducted of dry material in three replicates. Total nitrogen was determined using the Kjeldahl method on a 2300 Kjeltec Analizer Unit, and phosphorus content was analysed by means of the photometric method, and potassium, calcium, magnesium, sodium contents were determined by the atomic absorption methodology (AAS) after tubers had been cut, dried and mineralised in a laboratory oven. The results were statistically analysed by one-way variance analysis at the significance level of 0.05. Potatoes purchased in all three types of outlets were significant differences in the content of nitrogen, potassium and phosphorus and contents calcium, magnesium, sodium were nearly the same. The highest nitrogen, potassium, phosphorus, calcium were accumulated by cul-tivars of potatoes sold in supermarkets, magnesium by tubers purchased in grocery shops and sodium by cultivars of potatoes from the fruit and vegetable shops. Macroelements content in the dry matter of potato tubers from supermarkets, compared to other shops, was probably conditioned cultivar and technology of cultivation. The chemical composition of edible potatoes tubers was good regardless of the kind of outlet they were collected from.