Vegetable
Tuber
Potato tuber is the storage organ itself—the culinary potato in botanical terms—ranging from fingerlings to large bakers. It is the primary yield of the plant for cooking. Store cool, dark, and dry; keep away from onions if long storage matters. Cook by size and starch type rather than by a single universal method.
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Nutrition
Typical values per 100 g edible portion. Nutrient names open the reference page.
Nutrition Facts
Per 100 g edible portion
Amount per 100 g
- Total Fat 0.29 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.16 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 19.8 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
- Total Carbohydrate 13.9 g
- Dietary Fibre 2.85 g
- Total Sugars 2.33 g
- Complex / starch 10.9 g
- Protein 1.91 g
- Water 79.7 g
- Energy 77.9 kcal
- Water 79.7 g
- Carbohydrates 13.9 g
- Protein 1.91 g
- Fat 0.29 g
- Saturated Fat 0.05 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 0.05 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 0.16 g
- Omega-3 0.02 g
- Vitamins 74.7 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.06 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.08 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.63 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.31 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.15 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.5 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 30.2 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.39 mg
- Vitamin K 24.4 µg
- Minerals 269 mg
- Major Minerals 268 mg
- Trace Minerals 1.5 mg
- Iron 1.5 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
Vitamins
vitamin-c: 2 · vitamin-a: 15 · vitamin-b1-thiamine: 0.06 · vitamin-b2-riboflavin: 0.08 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.63 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.31 · vitamin-b6: 0.15 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.5 · vitamin-b9-folate: 30.2 · vitamin-e: 0.39 · vitamin-k: 24.4 ·
Minerals
Roots and tubers store starch (or sugar) for the plant—higher carbohydrate than leaves.
History
Andean cultures domesticated potato tubers as a staple starch long before European contact.
The potato tuber spread through Europe as a field crop and famine buffer.
Global tuber agriculture made the potato a planetary staple food.