Nutrition
Dietary Fibre
Fiber benefits the digestive system and helps to increase the feeling of fullness between meals. A diet rich in fiber is helpful in relieving constipation and helps to prevent breast and colon cancer, diabetes and obesity.
Nutritional Analysis
(1.9 g). By eating the skin also, the dietary fibre increases to 2.5 g.
Source of Folic Acid
This water-soluble vitamin helps our bodies form red blood cells and aids in the formation of genetic material within every body cell.
Nutritional Analysis
5% Daily Value. If eaten with the skin, folic acid content increases to 7% of Daily Value.
Iron
An integral part of many proteins and enzymes that support good health, iron pays a vital role in transporting oxygen and in regulating cell growth and differentiation.
Nutritional Analysis
When eaten with the skin, a potato contributes 9% of Daily Value and is considered a source of iron.
Niacin
Niacin aids the functioning of the digestive system, the nerves and the skin and plays a key role in converting food to energy.
Nutritional Analysis
10% of Daily Value. Eaten with the skin, niacin increases to 12% of Daily Value.
Potassium
Assists in muscle contraction and maintaining fluid and electrolyte balance in our body cells. Potassium is also important in sending nerve impulses as well as releasing energy from protein, fat and carbohydrates.
Nutritional Analysis
Excellent source of potassium (446 mg). When eaten with the skin, potassium content increases to 572 mg.
Thiamine (Vitamin B1)
Helps our body cells convert carbohydrates into energy. It also plays an essential role in the functioning of the heart, nervous system and muscles.
Nutritional Analysis
10% of Daily Value. When eaten with the skin, thiamine increases to 12% of Daily Value.
Vitamin B6
Helps synthesize antibodies in our immune system. We need antibodies to fight many diseases. Vitamin B6 helps maintain normal nerve function, the formation of red blood cells and aids the digestion of proteins.
Nutritional Analysis
High in Vitamin B6 (20% of Daily Value). Eaten with the skin, Vitamin B6 increases to 24-25% of Daily Value.
Vitamin C
Vital to the production of collagen, which is the most abundant of the fibres contained in our connective tissue. Connective tissue gives the body form and supports our organs.
Collagen is used in the connective tissue of:
Skin, bone, teeth, tendons, ligaments, fascia and organ capsules. Organs (e.g., liver, spleen, kidneys). Cartilage. The separating layer between skeletal and nervous system cells.
Vitamin C also helps protect fat-soluble vitamins A and E and fatty acids against oxidation.
Nutritional Analysis
16 % of Daily Value. If eaten with the skin, the Vitamin C increases to 30% of Daily Value.