Sweet Potatoes

- Native to Central America
- Great source of vitamin A
- Distantly related to potato
- Domesticated about 5,000 years ago
- North Carolina leads in US production
- Largest grower: China

A Sweet Potato is a large, sweet tasting root vegetable similar to a yam. Sweet potatoes grow on herbaceous perennial vines.
Scientific classification
1. Kingdom: Plantae
2. Division: Magnoliophyta
3. Class: Magnoliopsida
4. Order: Solanales
5. Family: Convolvulaceae
6. Genus: Ipomoea
7. Species: Ipomoea batatas
Nutrition Facts (Frozen)
1. Serving: 100g
2. Calories: 90
3. Fat: 0.1g
4. Protein: 1.6g
5. Total Carbohydrate: 20.1g
6. Dietary Fiber: 3.0g
7. Sugar: 4.2g
8. Vitamin C: 2.4mg
9. Calcium: 30mg
10. Potassium: 337mg
11. Vitamin A: 540 IU
12. Phosphous: 47.0mg
13. Iron: 0.6mg
14. Zinc: 0.3mg

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