Origin: SPAIN
Variety: WHITE
Caliber: M
Category: 1st
Weight per piece: 0.400 Kg
Price per kg: 5.99€
Sweet potato is a tropical or subtropical plant, belonging to the Convolvulaceae family. It needs a warm climate. If it gets too cold, it is detrimental, they freeze. In Latin America it is better known as sweet potato or yam.
It is native to tropical America, it is part of its most basic diet and from there it spread to the Antilles. The Spanish colonizers took it to the Philippines and the Maluku Islands. Later, Portuguese sailors brought it to India, China, and Japan.
In countries like Mexico, it is essential in the diet of its people and especially of children, as they make candies, jams, preserves, and desserts with them. It is also widely used in Peru and the United States. In Spain, sweet potatoes are associated with the idea of Christmas, due to the tradition of street vendors selling chestnuts and sweet potatoes.
Currently, the main producers are: China, Uganda, Nigeria, Indonesia, Rwanda, Vietnam, India, and Japan.
Sweet potato Properties / Health
Varieties / Sweet Potato Season
Sweet Potato Recipes
Sweet potato contains 70% water, very few calories, Carbohydrates. Sweet potato contains:
Sweet potatoes are a tuber consumed in winter and as we have already mentioned, they are associated with Christmas, because that is when we consume them the most.
They are classified into two types, those with white flesh or those with yellow flesh. The most well-known varieties are:
Californian (red)
Jasper (red)
Violet (pink)
Georgia (orange)
Eland (yellow)
Centennial (red)
White from Paris
Red
Pink from Malaga
Yellow from Malaga
Waal (Guatemala)
Smooth from Tucuman
Nerja small sweet potatoes
Tips for buying sweet potatoes: When buying them, they should be firm, not easily bendable, and their skin should
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Origin: SPAIN
Variety: WHITE
Caliber: M
Category: 1st
Weight per piece: 0.400 Kg
Price per kg: 5.99€
Sweet potato is a tropical or subtropical plant, belonging to the Convolvulaceae family. It needs a warm climate. If it gets too cold, it is detrimental, they freeze. In Latin America it is better known as sweet potato or yam.
It is native to tropical America, it is part of its most basic diet and from there it spread to the Antilles. The Spanish colonizers took it to the Philippines and the Maluku Islands. Later, Portuguese sailors brought it to India, China, and Japan.
In countries like Mexico, it is essential in the diet of its people and especially of children, as they make candies, jams, preserves, and desserts with them. It is also widely used in Peru and the United States. In Spain, sweet potatoes are associated with the idea of Christmas, due to the tradition of street vendors selling chestnuts and sweet potatoes.
Currently, the main producers are: China, Uganda, Nigeria, Indonesia, Rwanda, Vietnam, India, and Japan.
Sweet potato Properties / Health
Varieties / Sweet Potato Season
Sweet Potato Recipes
Sweet potato contains 70% water, very few calories, Carbohydrates. Sweet potato contains:
Sweet potatoes are a tuber consumed in winter and as we have already mentioned, they are associated with Christmas, because that is when we consume them the most.
They are classified into two types, those with white flesh or those with yellow flesh. The most well-known varieties are:
Californian (red)
Jasper (red)
Violet (pink)
Georgia (orange)
Eland (yellow)
Centennial (red)
White from Paris
Red
Pink from Malaga
Yellow from Malaga
Waal (Guatemala)
Smooth from Tucuman
Nerja small sweet potatoes
Tips for buying sweet potatoes: When buying them, they should be firm, not easily bendable, and their skin should