Baked potato, with skin vs Sweet potato

In short

One serving each: 265 calories in baked potato, with skin (1 medium, 285 g), 173 calories in sweet potato (1 medium, 150 g). Most of the calories in baked potato, with skin come from carbohydrate.

More in baked potato, with skin: vitamin B6 (4.3×), niacin (6.6×), potassium (2.1×), folate (5.9×) and 12 more. More in sweet potato: vitamin A, total fat (18×), vitamin E (12×) and saturated fat (17×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.

Calories, and where they come from

Baked potato, with skin265 cal

1 medium (285 g) · 7.1 g protein · 60 g carbs (3.4 g sugars) · 0.37 g fat

Sweet potato173 cal

1 medium (150 g) · 2.4 g protein · 25.7 g carbs (9 g sugars) · 6.8 g fat

Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat

Where they differ

Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in one serving of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.

0%62.5%125%
  • Vitamin A<1% vs 114%

    2.9 µg vs 1,026 µg

  • Vitamin B652% vs 12%

    0.88 mg vs 0.21 mg

  • Niacin (B3)25% vs 4%

    4 mg vs 0.61 mg

  • Potassium32% vs 15%

    1,519 mg vs 722 mg

  • Folate20% vs 3%

    79.8 µg vs 13.5 µg

  • Iron17% vs 3%

    3.1 mg vs 0.6 mg

  • Sodiumlimit23% vs 11%

    530 mg vs 242 mg

  • Carbohydrates22% vs 9%

    60 g vs 25.7 g

  • Magnesium19% vs 7%

    79.8 mg vs 28.5 mg

  • Phosphorus16% vs 4%

    200 mg vs 55.5 mg

  • Thiamin (B1)15% vs 5%

    0.18 mg vs 0.06 mg

  • Vitamin C30% vs 21%

    27.4 mg vs 18.6 mg

  • Protein14% vs 5%

    7.1 g vs 2.4 g

  • Total fat<1% vs 9%

    0.37 g vs 6.8 g

  • Vitamin E1% vs 9%

    0.11 mg vs 1.3 mg

  • Saturated fatlimit<1% vs 8%

    0.097 g vs 1.7 g

  • Fiber22% vs 16%

    6.3 g vs 4.5 g

  • Copper37% vs 31%

    0.33 mg vs 0.28 mg

  • Zinc9% vs 5%

    1 mg vs 0.51 mg

  • Choline8% vs 3%

    41.9 mg vs 18.8 mg

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Where they are alike

Less than 4% of a day apart, in one serving of each.

  • Cholesterollimit0 mg · 4.5 mg0%·2%
  • Calcium42.8 mg · 33 mg3%·3%
  • Selenium1.1 µg · 0 µg2%·0%
  • Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
  • Vitamin K5.7 µg · 5.4 µg5%·5%
  • Riboflavin (B2)0.14 mg · 0.086 mg11%·7%
  • Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%

From USDA FoodData Central: Baked potato, with skin (Survey (FNDDS) 2709524), Sweet potato (Survey (FNDDS) 2709697). Daily Values are the FDA's for adults and children 4 years and older. Missing values are never shown as zero. For exploring the data, not dietary advice.

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