Flatulence competition ... champion foods

[Belgian_Pie]

Sweet potato contains raffinose, one of the sugars responsible for flatulence. Three of the sugars which occur in plant tissues, raffinose, stachyose and verbascose are not digested in the upper digestive tract, and so are fermented by colon bacteria to yield the flatus gases, hydrogen and carbon dioxide. The level of raffinose present depends on the cultivar. In some parts of Africa the cultivars used are considered too sweet and cause flatulence.

Now that’s good to know when participating in a flatulence championship …

[urodacus]

many beans have this and similar complex sugars too, and that could be a problem in India where they do eat a lot of beans (many kinds of dahl and so on). they add a small amount of a powdered root called asafoetida to lots of curry mixes to prevent this. i’m not sure how it works, but it does seem to reduce the farting a bit.

[Belgian_Pie]

@urodacus

many beans have this and similar complex sugars too, and that could be a problem in India where they do eat a lot of beans (many kinds of dahl and so on). they add a small amount of a powdered root called asafoetida to lots of curry mixes to prevent this. I’m not sure how it works, but it does seem to reduce the farting a bit.

Not good for a flatulence competition …