Editing Sweet potato (section)

=== Nutrition ===
{{nutritionalvalue
| name = Sweet potato, cooked, baked in skin, without salt
| kJ = 378
| protein = 2.0 g
| fat = 0.15 g
| carbs = 20.7 g
| fiber = 3.3 g
| sugars = 6.5 g
| starch = 7.05 g
| calcium_mg = 38
| iron_mg = 0.69
| magnesium_mg = 27
| phosphorus_mg = 54
| potassium_mg = 475
| sodium_mg = 36
| zinc_mg = 0.32
| manganese_mg = 0.5
| vitC_mg = 19.6
| thiamin_mg = 0.11
| riboflavin_mg = 0.11
| niacin_mg = 1.5
| vitB5_mg = 0.9
| vitB6_mg = 0.29
| folate_ug = 6
| vitA_ug = 961
| betacarotene_ug = 11509
| vitE_mg = 0.71
| water = 75.8 g
| note = {{cite web |url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168483/nutrients |title=Sweet potato |series=USDA Database |access-date=24 March 2021 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403171801/https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168483/nutrients |url-status=dead }}
| source_usda = 1
}}
{{nutritionalvalue
| name = Raw sweet potato
| kJ = 359
| protein = 1.6 g
| fat = 0.1 g
| carbs = 20.1 g
| fiber = 3 g
| sugars = 4.2 g
| starch = 12.7 g
| calcium_mg = 30
| iron_mg = 0.61
| magnesium_mg = 25
| phosphorus_mg = 47
| potassium_mg = 337
| sodium_mg = 55
| zinc_mg = 0.3
| manganese_mg = 0.258
| vitC_mg = 2.4
| thiamin_mg = 0.078
| riboflavin_mg = 0.061
| niacin_mg = 0.557
| pantothenic_mg = 0.8
| vitB6_mg = 0.209
| folate_ug = 11
| vitA_ug = 709
| betacarotene_ug = 8509
| vitE_mg = 0.26
| water = 77.3 g
| note = {{cite web |url=https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168482/nutrients |title=Sweet potato, raw |website=USDA Database |access-date=24 March 2021 |archive-date=3 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403171801/https://fdc.nal.usda.gov/fdc-app.html#/food-details/168482/nutrients |url-status=dead }}
| source_usda = 1
}}

Cooked sweet potato (baked in skin) is 76% water, 21% [[carbohydrate]]s, 2% [[protein]], and contains negligible fat (table). In a 100 gram reference amount, baked sweet potato provides 90 [[calorie]]s, and rich contents (20% or more of the [[Daily Value]], DV) of [[vitamin A]] (120% DV), [[vitamin C]] (24% DV), [[manganese]] (24% DV), and [[vitamin B6]] (20% DV). It is a moderate source (10–19% DV) of some [[B vitamins]] and [[potassium]]. Between 50% and 90% of the sugar content is [[sucrose]].<ref name="pmid24426034">{{cite journal | vauthors = Lai Y, Huang C, Liao WC | title =Studies of sugar composition and starch morphology of baked sweet potatoes (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) | journal = [[Journal of Food Science and Technology]] | volume = 58 | issue = 6 | pages = 1193–11999 | date = 2013 | pmid = 24426034 | pmc = 3791245 | doi = 10.1007/s13197-011-0453-6 }}</ref> [[Maltose]] content is very low, but baking can increase the maltose content from between 10% and 20%.<ref name="pmid24426034" />

Sweet potato cultivars with dark orange flesh have more beta-carotene (converted to a higher vitamin A content once digested) than those with light-colored flesh, and their increased cultivation is being encouraged in Africa where vitamin A deficiency is a serious health problem.<ref name="Neela">{{cite journal |last1=Neela |first1=Satheesh |last2=Fanta |first2=Solomon W. |date=17 May 2019 |title=Review on nutritional composition of orange-fleshed sweet potato and its role in management of vitamin A deficiency (Review) |journal=Food Science & Nutrition |volume=7 |issue=6 |pages=1920–1945 |doi=10.1002/fsn3.1063 |issn=2048-7177 |pmc=6593376 |pmid=31289641}}</ref> Sweet potato leaves are edible and can be prepared like [[spinach]] or [[turnip]] greens.<ref>{{cite web |last=Dyer |first=Mary H. |title=Are sweet potato leaves edible? |url=https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/are-sweet-potato-leaves-edible.htm |access-date=23 April 2018 |website=Gardening Know How |series=Potato vine plant leaves |date=21 May 2015 |archive-date=23 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180323102952/https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/sweet-potato/are-sweet-potato-leaves-edible.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>