Sweet potato tubers — proximate composition (Feedipedia)
Source: Feedipedia (INRAE/FAO open ingredient database), page "Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) tubers | Feedipedia" (feedipedia.org/node/745). First-hand web text extracted (tags stripped) to pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_sweet_potato_tubers.txt; composition values are verbatim from the page's proximate ("Main analysis") table. Units as published (% as fed / % DM / MJ/kg DM / g/kg DM). Avg/SD/Min/Max/Nb columns preserved.
Proximate composition (Main analysis)
| Nutrient row (verbatim) |
|---|
| Dry matter % as fed 30.0 3.6 23.3 37.2 136 |
| Crude protein % DM 5.5 1.4 2.6 8.4 120 |
| Crude fibre % DM 3.8 0.7 2.8 5.3 29 |
| NDF % DM 11.3 2.3 9.1 15.4 6 |
| ADF % DM 5.2 1.2 4.0 7.6 7 |
| Ether extract % DM 1.1 0.6 0.3 2.5 12 |
| Ash % DM 3.6 0.7 2.5 5.0 32 |
| Starch (polarimetry) % DM 69.3 1 |
| Total sugars % DM 9.1 1 |
| Gross energy MJ/kg DM 17.4 * |
| Calcium g/kg DM 1.2 0.5 0.5 2.3 28 |
| Phosphorus g/kg DM 1.5 0.3 1.0 2.1 26 |
| Lysine % protein 4.0 1 |
| Methionine % protein 0.7 1 |
Note: Feedipedia reports composition as Avg, SD, Min, Max, Nb (number of samples). Values are as published; interpretation is left to the API consumer.
Source: pdf-raw/feedipedia/ingredient_sweet_potato_tubers.txt (Feedipedia node/745, 2026-07-22).