Potato Council
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Potato Nutrition
These values represent an average 175g serving of boiled new potatoes in their skins.
Pick up a potato and you're holding an amazingly nutrient dense food! Calories in potatoes are low, they're naturally fat-free, bursting with vitamins and minerals, contain absolutely no cholesterol and when served with their skins are a great source of fibre.
Independent nutritionists and dietary researchers recommend potatoes as the perfect base for a balanced diet. Because potatoes are packed full of nutrients for your brain and body, they can make you look, feel and even think great!
Potato Nutrition Facts click below to find out what vitamins and nutrition you get from a potato:
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin B
- Vitamin B6
- Folate (Folic Acid)
- No cholesterol
- Potassium
- Magnesium
- Fibre
- Carbohydrate
- Copper + Zinc
- Low in fat
- Low in calories
Potatoes are a great provider of Vitamin C! Have a medium portion of new potatoes (175g/6oz) and you'll get 26% of your Recommended Daily Allowance (RDA) of this vital vitamin.
Tuck into a medium jacket potato and you're getting almost half the RDA in one go. It's a little known fact that potatoes already provide 15% of Britain's Vitamin C intake.
Promotes the growth and maintenance of bones, teeth, skin and red blood cells, helps repair tissues and helps the body resist stress and infection. Vitamin C is believed to prevent cardiovascular disease, lower cholesterol levels, lower blood pressure, fight allergies and asthma, and aid symptoms of all sorts of diseases from diabetes to osteoporosis.
(source: www.vitamin-insight.com)