Slice them, dice them, sell them bulk or value-add—sweet potatoes are proving they deserve a year-round spotlight. With craveable flavor, versatility across menus and merchandising, and rising demand for better-for-you comfort foods, the category is helping retailers and foodservice operators drive everyday sales and profitable growth well beyond the holidays...
Flavor: Traditional sweet flavor; apricot and floral aroma; excellent for baking, roasting, or in casseroles
Shape: Elongated
Eatability: Smooth; brown sugar
Color: Copper-rose to tan skin; orange flesh
Flavor: Decadent and moist
Shape: Elongated and blocky
Eatability: Smooth and fibrous
Color: Rust-orange skin; orange flesh
Flavor: Mild, sweet, drier-tasting, with nutty and earthy flavor
Shape: Longer and thinner when compared to blocky, elongated spuds
Eatability: Smooth and dry with medium firmness; low in visual and residual fiber
Color: Yellow skin; white to yellow flesh
Flavor: Moist, sweet, and earthy
Shape: Short and blocky
Eatability: Smooth and fibrous; softer variety
Color: Burnt-orange skin; orange flesh
Flavor: Very sweet and extra moist
Shape: Elongated
Eatability: Smooth
Color: Red-copper to plum skin; orange flesh
Flavor: Mildly sweet, drier-tasting, full, nutty flavor, with vanilla aroma; exotic alternative to traditional
Shape: Short and blocky
Eatability: Smooth, dry, firm, and dense
Color: Dark purple skin; white flesh
