Incidentally, solanine is also formed when the potato has been exposed to too much light and has turned green. For a real solanine poisoning, however, a grown man would have to eat 2.7 kilograms of potatoes – rather unlikely. However, you should be careful with children. Apart from the solanine content: sprouted potatoes lose their healthy components such as vitamins, minerals and protein and taste slightly bitter.
As a rule, potatoes germinate in the supermarket, since the temperature there is higher than in the warehouse. As a customer, you don’t see that yet, because it takes a while for the germs to break through the shell. But as I said: As long as they have only germinated slightly or have a few green spots, that’s not a problem. Simply cut away the relevant areas generously.