Sweet Potato
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Sweet Potato is a bright orange root vegetable, treated similarly to butternut squash, parsnips, swede and turnips. Sweet potato is much lower in starch than regular potato and actually does count towards your ‘5-a-day’. One of the great things about sweet potato is that it is available year-round in Australia!

Health Benefits

Sweet potato is a good source of vitamin C and A and one serving of sweet potato provides 1/3 of your need for manganese, a mineral that helps produce collagen and promote skin and bone health.

Iron – 3%

Vitamin B-6 – 10%

Magnesium – 6%

Vitamin C – 4%

Selecting tips

  • Look for small or medium sweet potatoes – they will be sweet and creamy . Sometimes, the larger sweet potatoes will be more starchy.
  • Look for smooth, deeply-coloured skin.

Delicious Sweet Potato Recipes