Is purple sweet potato a genetically modified food? A detailed explanation in one article

Perhaps those who have eaten purple sweet potato can no longer remember when purple sweet potato began to enter daily life; naturally, the first one people got used to was the sweet potato. In modern life, genetically modified foods have caused panic among many people, and when they see vegetables and fruits of unusual colors, they assume they are genetically modified foods. Could it be that purple sweet potato was created by genetically modifying sweet potato? Is purple sweet potato actually a genetically modified food?

Purple sweet potato is not a genetically modified food; it is produced by specific geographical conditions and breeding techniques. In fact, natural plants are inherently diverse in shape. For the same kind of thing, some are large and some are small, and the colors are varied. People only see a product of one size and one color simply because humans commonly grow that variety.

Because sweet potato has high yield and wide adaptability, it is grown in many places across the country. In Beijing and Tianjin it is called baishu, in Shandong and Northeast China it is called digua, in Henan and Hunan it is called hongshu, in Anhui and Jiangsu-Zhejiang it is called shanyu, in Guangdong and Fujian it is called fanshu, and in Sichuan it is called hongshao.

In 1984, under the leadership of China's Ministry of Agriculture and the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and collectively written by dozens of well-known sweet potato experts across the country, the book "Chinese Sweet Potato Cultivation" clearly pointed out that purple is one of the inherent flesh colors of sweet potato.