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White potatoes, red potatoes and gold potatoes, tend to have very similar nutrient profiles — including carbohydrates, fiber and protein — for about the same number of calories.
The potato (/ p ə ˈ t eɪ t oʊ /) is a starchy tuberous vegetable native to the Americas that is consumed as a staple food in many parts of the world. Potatoes are underground tubers of the plant Solanum tuberosum, a perennial in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Wild potato species can be found from the southern United States to southern Chile.
Oca was introduced to Europe in 1830 as a competitor to the potato, and to New Zealand as early as 1860. In New Zealand, oca has become a popular table vegetable and is called yams (although not a true yam). It is available in various colors, including yellow, orange, pink, apricot, and traditional red. [3]
Rooster is a red-skinned, yellow-fleshed cultivar of potato, duller in colour than the 'Désirée', with floury yellow flesh. [1] It is uniformly roundish in shape with shallow eyes making it easy to peel. It is a general-purpose potato. It can be boiled, mashed, chipped, roasted, steamed and baked.
Registered Dietitian Patricia Bannan writes on her website that of the five common types of potatoes — including white potatoes, yellow potatoes, purple potatoes, red potatoes and Russet ...
Raw potatoes do have more vitamin C than cooked potatoes, Shelley Balls, a registered dietitian and nutritionist for Consumer Health Digest, tells USA TODAY. "When boiling potatoes, vitamin C ...
Red Gold or Golden Red Skins, potato is an early variety of North American potato. It has a red skin with yellow flesh inside. [1] It is resistant to potato leafroll virus and potato virus Y and moderately resistant to common scab, [2] but is susceptible to potato virus A and potato virus S. Red Gold was bred in Canada in the 1970s and ...
Kipfler is a potato variety originating from Austria. [1] The kipfler is elongated with a yellow skin and light yellow flesh. [2] There are various families of these potatoes including the kerkauer kipfler from the Czech Republic or the naglerner kipfler from Germany. They are very popular in Australia. [3]