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Farmers from the American state of Idaho sound the alarm and warn that chips may soon disappear from people's lives, as the variety of potatoes from which they are made is gradually disappearing against the background of global warming.
We are talking about the "Russet Burbank" variety, which contains a large amount of starch. This feature affects the taste of potatoes when fried and makes them unique.
Farmers claim that the plant has already gradually begun to die out and produce fewer fruits due to the decrease in the amount of mountain snow, which was previously used to irrigate crops on particularly hot days.
Experts claim that you can already see changes in potatoes. It became finer and the amount of starch in it decreased.