Recent Updates on Healthy Phytoconstituents in Potato: a Nutritional Depository Tanuja Mishra 1 & Pinky Raigond 1 & Nitasha Thakur 1 & Som Dutt 1 & Brajesh Singh 1 Received: 24 May 2019 /Accepted: 16 October 2019/ # European Association for Potato Research 2020 Abstract Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is considered to be one of the most prominent nongrain food crops throughout the world that can be regarded as most affordable and most accessible food to provide numerous health benefits. Potential role in improving human health is attributed to presence of wide range of phytonutrients in potatoes viz., polyphenols, anthocyanins, carotenoids, ascorbic acid and proteins, vitamins as well as minerals. In India, more than 75% of the potato production is confined to Indo- Gangetic plains due to thermo-sensitivity of the crop. Several reports are available in recent years to develop new cultivars with improved nutritional value as well as nutrient evaluation of existing cultivars. Current status of research on potato phytonutrients particularly antioxidants, minerals and vitamins in relation to human health as well as research carried out on enhancement of these phytonutrients through genetic manipulations has been compiled in this review article. Keywords Potato . Phytoconstituents . Processing . Metabolic engineering Potato Research https://doi.org/10.1007/s11540-019-09442-z * Brajesh Singh birju16@gmail.com Tanuja Mishra mishri_tanu@rediffmail.com Pinky Raigond jariapink@gmail.com Nitasha Thakur nitasha.nitasha.thakur@gmail.com Som Dutt sd_bio@yahoo.com 1 Division of Crop Physiology, Biochemistry and Post Harvest Technology, Central Potato Research Institute, Shimla, H.P., India