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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Purple Sweet Potatoes