Patent ID: 8586722

Claim:
A method for reducing undesirable products of Maillard reactions comprising producing french fries or crisps from a tuber comprising genetically modified potato plant cells having a reduced expression of a nucleic acid molecule, wherein said nucleic acid molecule comprises (a) a nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2; (b) a nucleic acid molecule comprising the coding region of the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1; (c) a nucleic acid molecule hybridizing to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b) under stringent conditions; (d) a nucleic acid molecule that has greater than 90% sequence identity to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b); and (e) a nucleic acid molecule the sequence of which is degenerate as a result of the genetic code to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or (b) or (c) or (d); and wherein undesirable able products of Maillard reactions are reduced in said french fries or crisps as compared to french fries or crisps produced from a wild-type tuber.