Vegetable
Skin
Skin or peel of sweet potato may be eaten for colour and fibre or removed for bitterness and toughness. Scrub if keeping; peel thinly if not. Young thin skins often stay; tough or waxed peels come off. Rest after high heat so juices redistribute before carving or plating.
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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 32 g
- Saturated Fat 8.96 g
- Trans Fat 0 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 14.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 8.64 g
- Cholesterol 0 mg
- Sodium 20.2 mg
- Salt 0.05 g
- Total Carbohydrate 0 g
- Dietary Fibre 0 g
- Total Sugars 0 g
- Complex / starch 0 g
- Protein 18 g
- Water 45 g
- Energy 360 kcal
- Water 45 g
- Protein 18 g
- Fat 32 g
- Saturated Fat 8.96 g
- Monounsaturated Fat 14.4 g
- Polyunsaturated Fat 8.64 g
- Omega-3 0.69 g
- Vitamins 67.6 mg
- Vitamin A 15 µg
- Vitamin B1 — Thiamine 0.06 mg
- Vitamin B2 — Riboflavin 0.07 mg
- Vitamin B3 — Niacin 0.55 mg
- Vitamin B5 — Pantothenic Acid 0.27 mg
- Vitamin B6 0.14 mg
- Vitamin B7 — Biotin 1.3 µg
- Vitamin B9 — Folate 26.5 µg
- Vitamin C 2 mg
- Vitamin E 0.35 mg
- Vitamin K 21.4 µg
- Minerals 262 mg
- Major Minerals 260 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: 0.07 · vitamin-b3-niacin: 0.55 · vitamin-b5-pantothenic-acid: 0.27 · vitamin-b6: 0.14 · vitamin-b7-biotin: 1.3 · vitamin-b9-folate: 26.5 · vitamin-e: 0.35 · vitamin-k: 21.4 ·
Minerals
Skin carries subcutaneous fat and collagen; crisping concentrates calories.
History
Cooks bought prepped forms of sweet potato for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.
Market gardeners and growers selected sweet potato for flavour, yield and keeping quality, including named skin portions.
Cooks bought prepped forms of sweet potato for speed while markets still sold whole produce, including named skin portions.