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Old 29-07-2014, 10:43 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Most nutritious potatoes?

On 7/27/2014 1:48 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:


Regardless the color if you pare away the skins essentially all the
nutrition remaining is starch.


"A common misconception is that all of the potato’s nutrients are
found in the skin. While the skin does contain approximately half of
the total dietary fiber, the majority ( 50 percent) of the nutrients
are found within the potato itself."
http://www.coloradopotato.org/colora..._nutrition.php


And since other than starch potato
nutrition is for the most part in the skin flesh color is meaningless.


They indicate higher levels of carotenoids or flavonoids, though I
have no idea if there'd ever be a meaningful amount in the flesh.