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yam, moist-fleshed sweet potato

yam

Also known as:
moist-fleshed sweet potato
Americans use the word "yam" to refer to a sweet, moist, orange-fleshed variety of sweet potato. To everyone else in the world, a yam is what Americans call a tropical yam, a firm tuber with white flesh. Varieties of American "yams" (sweet potatoes) include the garnet yam (pictured at left) and the jewel yam.
Scientific Name
Dioscorea rotundata
Nutritional Information Per 100 grams
May Includesort
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100 gr yam
27.9 g
118 Cals.
9 mg
0.2 g
0 mg
17.1 mg
17 mg
1.5 g
0.5 g
4.1 g
0 g
0.1 g
0 g
Substitute:
1 pound sweet potato
= 1 pound yam
20.1 g
86 Cals.
55 mg
0.1 g
0 mg
2.4 mg
30 mg
1.6 g
4.2 g
3 g
0 g
0 g
0 g
drier, less sweet, and often more expensive

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