White Sweet Potato Question page

[Bestill]

Picked up a white fleshed sweet potato at Whole Foods this week. I was out of town and did not think to get the name of the varietal. Well, it was good, and not as sweet as the ones I usually buy. Does anyone know anything about these? Are they a true yam/sweet potato? What are they called? They exterior and interior looked very similar to a white potato, but it was more yam-sweet potato in shape. I will definitely buy more if it turns out they are a paleo-friendly option.

Thanks

[Chaohinon]

It's nutritionally the same as a standard orange-fleshed sweet potato (what's often incorrectly called a yam), just without all the vitamin A.

[Tricialisha]

I'm guessing you actually picked up a sweet potato. Sweet potatoes look just like yams on the outside but the inside is white. Yams are the ones with orange insides. But you could have easily picked up something I know nothing about. :-)

[jakey]

okay, nobody is eating yams. you're eating garnet and jewel sweet potatoes (the orange ones), or these - plain old sweet potatoes (the white ones). you can also get japanes sweet potatoes, called satsumaimos, which are fantastic, or purple okinawan sweet potatoes, which are also yummy. but you're not eating yams.

[SoccerGrok]

okay, nobody is eating yams. you're eating garnet and jewel sweet potatoes (the orange ones), or these - plain old sweet potatoes (the white ones). you can also get japanes sweet potatoes, called satsumaimos, which are fantastic, or purple okinawan sweet potatoes, which are also yummy. but you're not eating yams.

Yup^

[zizou]

Which sweet potatoe variety would have the least sugar content? I have fructose malabsorption so the orange sweet potatoes (both skin and flesh) aren't recommended because of the sugars the contain and lead to flatulence/bloating type symtpoms. Are there any variety of sweet potatoe which would be a good alternative? The purple one has me interested, flesh looks whitish.