Potato Health Benefits

Nutrition experts recommend starchy foods including potatoes as a perfect base for a healthy balanced diet.

Potatoes are a starchy food, which means they are a source of energy as well as providing fibre, vitamins and minerals. Potatoes are naturally fat free. They have a low energy density (the amount of calories/kilojoules they provide per gram) which makes them ideal for helping with weight management when cooked with little or no fat and served in appropriate amounts.

Potato, nutritionally rich tuberous root vegetable, is a good source of starch, vitamins and fiber. The humble tuber is one of the most widely grown perennial crops and one of the cheap staple food items of the poor population all over the world. Botanically, it belongs to the various perennial subspecies of Solanum tuberosum of the Solanaceae family.