“…The experiment was carried out with 2 potato varieties: Atol and Bryza. The samples of potatoes (4-5 kg) in plastic contain-ers were frozen and then thawed under the following conditions: variant I : potato tubers were kept at -10°C for 48h; variant 11: potato tubers were kept at -10°C for 48 h, then at +20°C for 24 h and at -10°C for 48 h ; variant 111: potato tubers were kept at -10°C for 48 h, then at +20"C for 48 h and at -10°C for 48 h ; variant IV: potato tubers were kept at -10°C for 48 h, then at +20"C for 24 h, at -10°C for 48 h, at +20°C for 24 h and at -10°C for 48 h ; variant V: potato tubers were kept at -10°C for 48 h, then at +20"C for 48h, at -10°C for 48h, at +20°C for 48 h and at -10°C for 48 h. Under the experimental conditions potato tubers got frozen after 2-3 h from the moment they were placed in the deep freeze and total thawing was observed after 10-12 h of keeping them at +20"C. From the tubers thus frozen and thawed starch was separated [7] and its properties were compared with those of the starch separated from unfrozen potatoes. The following starch properties were determined: -phosphorus contentafter "wet" mineralization with conc.…”