Purple potatoes and small sweet potatoes are not the same.

Purple potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam), belonging to the sweet potato herbaceous plants of the family Cyclophyllaceae, the flesh of the potato is purple to dark purple, so it is also known as black potatoes, purple sweet potatoes, or purple flesh sweet potatoes. Purple sweet potato is a special variety of sweet potato type, both food, cash crops and medicinal crops.

Mini sweet potatoes (small sweet potatoes), so the name suggests that compared with ordinary sweet potatoes, "small pieces of potatoes to taste good", a single piece of potatoes weighing 50-150g, with ordinary sweet potatoes do not have the characteristics and value of use.

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Purple potato nutritional value: purple potato is rich in dietary fiber, starch, vitamins, trace elements (selenium, iron, calcium, potassium, etc.) and anthocyanosides, glycoproteins, carotenoids, dehydroepiandrosterone and a variety of other functional factors, with antioxidant, antitumor, memory, prevention of hypertension, repair, heart muscle, reduce liver dysfunction. It has the functions of antioxidant, anti-tumor, memory enhancement, prevention of hypertension, repair of heart muscle, alleviation of liver dysfunction, and enhancement of body immunity.

Nutritional value of mini sweet potatoes: mini sweet potatoes both food and vegetable characteristics, nutrient-rich, containing easily digestible starch, protein and amino acids, but also rich in vitamin C, A original, B1, B2, E and K and other important vitamins, as well as calcium, phosphorus, iron and potassium and other minerals.

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