Purple Sweet Potatoes

Purple Sweet Potatoes

Purple Sweet Potatoes

Commodity Overview

There are a couple of commonly available varieties of purple sweet potatoes. The Stokes Purple variety is irregularly shaped with thin dusty brown skin through which its vibrant red-purple flesh is visible. Okinawan sweet potatoes are less elongated in shape than typical sweet potatoes and have light tan skin with purple flesh. 

Characteristics

  • Commodity: Sweet Potatoes
  • Category: Cooking Vegetables
  • Appearance: Stokes Purple sweet potatoes are irregularly shaped, similar to a typical sweet potato, with dusty brown skins and vibrant red-purple flesh. Okinawan sweet potatoes are also irregularly shaped but less elongated than normal sweet potatoes, with light tan skins and purple flesh.
  • Flesh: Stokes Purple has dry, dense, red purple flesh. Okinawan sweet potatoes have dense flesh with a more creamy texture.
  • Flavor: Stokes purple are richly sweet, and Okinawan sweet potatoes have a more delicate, subtly sweet flavor
  • Size: A medium sweet potato weighs about 150 grams
  • Color: Dusty brown to light tan, depending on variety
  • Shape: Irregular; similar to a typical sweet potato, but with less tapering on the ends
  • Commonly Cooked: Yes
  • Availability: Stokes purple is available September through April; Okinawan sweet potatoes are available year-round
  • Additional Notes: Photo courtesy Frieda's Inc.
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