Sweet Potato Powder (organic) is an additive-free powder made from the orange-fleshedsweetpotato(Ipomoeabatatas), a sweet-tasting, starchy tuberous rootvegetable. Native to Peru, sweet potatoes are one of the oldest foods consumed by man.

Orange-fleshed sweet potatoes contain more beta-carotene (a fat-soluble provitamin A) than varieties with light-colored flesh. Rich in carbohydrates, sweet potatoes have a medium to high glycemic index. The carbohydrate content iscomprised mostlyof starches, especially rapidly digested starch. They also containsugars (mostly sucrose, but alsofructose, glucose and maltose), and some soluble and insoluble fiber.Sweet potatoes are a good source of antioxidant chlorogenic acidsand various vitamins and minerals.*