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It's potato, but it melts like cheese

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An inventor has come up with a potato substance that can be used as a replacement for cheese or icecream

An Australian inventor who has created a potato product that can melt like cheese says it could shake up the food sector.

Andrew Dyhin from research company PotatoMagic has discovered a way to liquefy potatoes.

The product, called Chato, can be stored in blocks and used as a cheese or icecream replacement.

It could also be made into salt-free and fat-free snack foods .

The Country's Australian correspondent Chris Russell told host Jamie Mackay that Dyhin believes Chato could be useful for dropping into disaster zones, or for military use.

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Dyhin told Food and Drink Business that If you put 3 per cent of the product in cold water it formed a milk alternative. It could also be used to make custard and dips.

Russell said he thought the invention could make Dyhin a millionaire.

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