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Ingredients Descriptions and Photos
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes
(Sweet Potatoes) Sweet potatoes have either a dry light yellow or moist deep yellow or orange flesh.  The darker colored sweet potatoes are sometimes called yams, which is a misnomer, as true yams are grown only in the tropics.  We enjoy sweet potatoes baked, in roasted vegetable dishes, and in curries.  Select potatoes that are firm and free of mold spots.  A 100 gram (3-1/2 oz.) serving of sweet potatoes has over twice the Recommended Dietary Allowance (RDA) of vitamin A.  See nutritional chart below.

Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, without salt

NDB No: 11508

Nutrient Units Value per
100 grams of
edible portion 		Sample
Count 		Std.
Error
Proximates
Water
g
72.85
6
1.103
Energy
kcal
103
0
 
Energy
kj
431
0
 
Protein
g
1.72
6
0.159
Total lipid (fat)
g
0.11
2
 
Carbohydrate, by difference
g
24.27
0
 
Fiber, total dietary
g
3.0
0
 
Ash
g
1.06
6
0.031
Minerals
Calcium, Ca
mg
28
6
3.556
Iron, Fe
mg
0.45
6
0.024
Magnesium, Mg
mg
20
6
1.467
Phosphorus, P
mg
55
6
1.430
Potassium, K
mg
348
6
23.514
Sodium, Na
mg
10
6
3.689
Zinc, Zn
mg
0.29
6
0.034
Copper, Cu
mg
0.208
6
0.023
Manganese, Mn
mg
0.560
6
0.027
Selenium, Se
mcg
0.7
4
0.225
Vitamins
Vitamin C, total ascorbic acid
mg
24.6
8
0.911
Thiamin
mg
0.073
6
0.006
Riboflavin
mg
0.127
7
0.069
Niacin
mg
0.604
7
0.047
Pantothenic acid
mg
0.646
7
0.066
Vitamin B-6
mg
0.241
6
0.023
Folate, total
mcg
23
6
3.348
Folic acid
mcg
0
0
 
Folate, food
mcg
23
6
3.348
Folate, DFE
mcg_DFE
23
0
 
Vitamin B-12
mcg
0.00
0
 
Vitamin A, IU
IU
21822
8
1365.579
Vitamin A, RE
mcg_RE
2182
8
136.558
Vitamin E
mg_ATE
0.280
0
 
Lipids
Fatty acids, total saturated
g
0.024
0
 
4:0
g
0.000
0
 
6:0
g
0.000
0
 
8:0
g
0.000
0
 
10:0
g
0.000
0
 
12:0
g
0.000
0
 
14:0
g
0.000
0
 
16:0
g
0.022
0
 
18:0
g
0.002
0
 
Fatty acids, total monounsaturated
g
0.004
0
 
16:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
 
18:1 undifferentiated
g
0.004
0
 
20:1
g
0.000
0
 
22:1 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
 
Fatty acids, total polyunsaturated
g
0.049
0
 
18:2 undifferentiated
g
0.041
0
 
18:3 undifferentiated
g
0.008
0
 
18:4
g
0.000
0
 
20:4 undifferentiated
g
0.000
0
 
20:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
22:5 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
22:6 n-3
g
0.000
0
 
Cholesterol
mg
0
0
 
Amino acids
Tryptophan
g
0.021
0
 
Threonine
g
0.086
0
 
Isoleucine
g
0.086
0
 
Leucine
g
0.126
0
 
Lysine
g
0.085
0
 
Methionine
g
0.042
0
 
Cystine
g
0.014
0
 
Phenylalanine
g
0.103
0
 
Tyrosine
g
0.071
0
 
Valine
g
0.112
0
 
Arginine
g
0.080
0
 
Histidine
g
0.032
0
 
Alanine
g
0.094
0
 
Aspartic acid
g
0.295
0
 
Glutamic acid
g
0.169
0
 
Glycine
g
0.078
0
 
Proline
g
0.076
0
 
Serine
g
0.089
0
 

USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference, Release 14 (July 2001)

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