<p dir="ltr">A phenotypically distinct <i>Yarrowia lipolytica</i> strain that efficiently detoxifies multiple cyanogenic glycosides from edible plants was constructed using a family 1 <a href="" target="_blank">glycosyl-hydrolase</a> (GH1). It efficiently degraded linamarin, amygdalin, prunasin, and dhurrin in food plants including cassava and germinated sorghum and Apricot seeds.</p>