It is supposed that the resulting phenomenon is connected to the fact that sulfate and phosphate transporters are decoded also by the AMF genome, resulting in an improvement in sulfur, phosphorus, and selenium accumulation [12]. Vegetables, including potatoes, are healthy products that form the basis of the food pyramid, with high consumption preventing the development of many diseases, such as obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases [2]. Potato is consumed every day of the year by millions of consumers and could be regarded, therefore, as the best vegetable in terms of frequency of consumption. In 2020, 161 countries were compared. It was found that China ranks first in terms of potato consumption, with 69.312 kt. India and the USA ranked second and third. China, which is the highest ranking country, accounted for 27.0% of global potato consumption. The Central African Republic (1.00 kt), Guinea-Bissau (1.00 kt) and Comoros (1.00 kt) were estimated to consume the least amount of potatoes. According to FAOSTAT, in 2020, the total world potato consumption reached 256.432 kt. This quantity has since increased by 1.74 percentage points compared to the previous year. A decade ago, the consumption was 10.6 percentage points lower. The consumption record was reached in 2020, when 256.432 kt of potatoes were consumed. Going back in history, the lowest recorded level of potato consumption occurred in 1962, with only 106.356 kt of potatoes consumed [13]. The population of Earth is steadily growing, and its adequate nutrition is now a priority task for the agri-food sector. Iodine is responsible for the normal growth, development and physiology of the human body [2]. Iodine deficiency disorders (IDDs) occur in almost every country in the world [14]. Currently, there is a global increase in the number of people who are overweight or obese with concomitant deficiencies of selected macro and micronutrients [15]. Therefore, promoting the importance of a well-balanced diet in the context of human health and ensuring the adequate nutrition of the population is important. According to the WHO, at the turn of the 20 th century, almost 2 billion people living in areas far from the sea were at risk of iodine deficiency (200 million of whom had thyroid goitre) [15; 16]. The potato is one of the world's major crops [17], along with maize, wheat and rice. It follows that tubers are a valuable source of energy and compounds that are important in the human diet. Potatoes, moreover, are relatively easy to grow, which is why they are planted almost everywhere in the world. This famous tuber is grown in 80 percent of the world's countries [13; 17]. This shows that _Solanum tuberosum_ L. is one of the most productive crops in the world. Potato can yield more nutritious food on less land and in harsher climates than most other major crops. In addition, the tuber can be harvested in as little as eight weeks [18]. Potatoes are a good source of easily digestible carbohydrates, which account for approximately 80% of their dry matter, as well as wholesome protein (6-10% of dry matter), which is rich in endogenous amino acids and especially lysine, increasing its importance as a component in the daily human diet. Potato also contains an optimum amount of dietary fibre (approximately 10% of dry weight), but a low level of fat (0.1% of dry weight). The nutritional value of potato protein is comparable to that of an egg white and is superior to that of other plant proteins [19]. Health-promoting compounds in potatoes with a traditional flesh colour include phenolic acids, ascorbic acid, carotenoids,tocopherol and also selenium; potatoes with coloured flesh also possess anthocyanins, which are colour compounds with a high antioxidant potential [20; 21; 22; 23]. Such varieties represent a potential raw material for the production of foods with an increased content of bioactive compounds. In the human diet, phenolic compounds and carotenoids have antioxidant effects.