White Potato
Selection Information
Usage: Baked, fried, boiled, roasted. Especially good for potato salad.
Selection: Good-quality White Potatoes will be firm, smooth-skinned and brilliant-white to cream coloring. They should have few eyes, and those few eyes should be shallow.
Avoid: Avoid product that is soft, wrinkled, has cuts in the skin or is green-tinted.
Seasonal Information
Available year-round.
Washington potatoes are available from August through January.
White Potato Nutritional Information
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Serving Size: 1 medium (148g)
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| Amount Per Serving |
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Calories 120
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Calories from Fat 0
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% Daily Value* |
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Total Fat 0g |
0% |
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Cholesterol 0mg |
0% |
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Sodium 0mg |
0% |
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Total Carbohydrate 26g |
9% |
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Dietary Fiber 3g |
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Sugars 23g |
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Protein 4g |
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Vitamin A 0% |
Vitamin C 40% |
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Calcium 2% |
Iron 6% |
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*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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White potatoes are Fat-free, Very low sodium, Source of fiber, High in vitamin C, and Cholesterol-free.
Potato Tips & Trivia
- Do not store potatoes in the refrigerator. Refrigeration converts
the starch in potatoes to sugar which will cause the potato to darken when
cooked.
- Prolonged exposure to light causes greening and makes the potato taste
bitter. Peel or pare green area from the potato before using.
- The world's most important vegetable, the potato was first cultivated
in the Andean region of South America by native Indian populations. Spanish
explorers took the tuber back to Spain in the middle of the 16th Century,
and from there it spread to the rest of Europe. The potato was promoted
in Prussia by Fredrick the Great, frowned upon in Scotland (Presbyterians
were concerned because the Bible failed to mention potatoes as a crop),
and quickly adopted by the Irish as their primary food crop. How potatoes
came to North America is the subject of several conflicting legends. One
creditable source reports that some of the first plantings were those started
in New Hampshire, from stock brought from Ireland.
- The present name came about as an accident, having derived from the Spanish "patata," meaning sweet potato.
