No, they are not.

Ruby potatoes, from the "hometown of potatoes" - Peru, South America, originating in Yichang City, Hubei Province, Zhaojun hometown Xingshan County, Changyang Tujia Autonomous County, Wufeng Tujia Autonomous County, more than 1,200 meters above the altitude of the mountains. Red skin potato color is special, pink, purple-red varies. Rich in a variety of trace elements, especially high in starch and anthocyanins, with antioxidant effect, nutrient-rich, anti-cancer, beauty, heart lowering blood pressure, therapeutic effect is excellent. Red skinned potatoes relative to the general potato taste more glutinous, noodles, juicy and sticky, was named the most suitable for making mashed potatoes and French fries potatoes.

Difference between red skinned potatoes and yellow skinned potatoes

Red skinned potatoes have a special color, ranging from pink to purple. Rich in a variety of trace elements, especially high in starch and anthocyanins, with antioxidant, nutrient-rich, anti-cancer, beauty, heart lowering blood pressure, therapeutic effect is excellent. Red skinned potatoes have a more glutinous taste compared to regular potatoes, and are juicy and sticky, and are rated as the most suitable potato for mashed potatoes and French fries.

Red-skinned potatoes (purple potatoes)

Both types of potatoes have their own characteristics: red-skinned potatoes are less powdery, suitable for frying, and it takes less time to make them, and they cook faster. In addition, the texture is better, sticky, more rotten burnt. Yellow skin potato powder, can be used to extract starch, suitable for boiling or stewing, such as beef stew potatoes on the application of yellow skin, yellow skin potatoes are produced in the north.

Medicinal value:

Red skin potatoes: raw potatoes, especially red potatoes, rubbed (can add 1:1 or 1:2 apples together with the juice and then add honey is better), and continue to drink one to two cups of its juice every day, so that cancer and liver disease, diabetes, gastric ulcers, kidney disease, heart disease, hypertension, lumbago, and shoulder pain, and so on, in fact, there are a wide variety of diseases and the cure is coming. People who have been cured have been appearing one after another. And for healthy people, if you drink a glass of red bean juice in the morning and evening, you can do to strengthen the body, improve immunity, improve the ability to fight diseases. Especially for the elderly, defense against old age disease is very good.

Yellow potatoes: contain a lot of starch and protein, B vitamins, vitamin C, dietary fiber, etc., can promote the digestive function of the spleen and stomach, wide bowel movement, to help the body in a timely manner to excrete metabolic toxins, to prevent constipation, and to prevent intestinal diseases.

At the same time, potatoes are also an alkaline vegetable, which is conducive to the body's acid-base balance and neutralize the acid produced by the body after metabolism, thus having a certain beauty, anti-aging effect.