Sweet potato vs potato
In short
For the same 100 calories you eat 122 g of sweet potato or 108 g of potato. Both get most of their calories from carbohydrate.
More in sweet potato: vitamin A, fiber (2.3×) and potassium. More in potato: vitamin B6 (2.3×), niacin (2.9×) and thiamin (2.2×). Everything else is within 4% of a day's needs.
Calories, and where they come from
122 g · 2 g protein · 21.9 g carbs (7.7 g sugars) · 0.48 g fat
108 g · 2.1 g protein · 23.1 g carbs (1.8 g sugars) · 0.11 g fat
Share of the calories fromproteincarbsfat
Where they differ
Each dot is the share of a day's needs (FDA Daily Value) in 100 calories of each. Every row uses the same scale, so a short gap is a small difference. Color says which food, never which is better.
- Vitamin A95% vs 0%
852 µg vs 0 µg
- Vitamin B68% vs 19%
0.14 mg vs 0.32 mg
- Fiber14% vs 6%
3.8 g vs 1.6 g
- Niacin (B3)3% vs 9%
0.52 mg vs 1.5 mg
- Thiamin (B1)4% vs 9%
0.051 mg vs 0.11 mg
- Potassium13% vs 9%
615 mg vs 418 mg
Where they are alike
Less than 4% of a day apart, in 100 calories of each.
- Protein2 g · 2.1 g4%·4%
- Total fat0.48 g · 0.11 g1%·<1%
- Saturated fatlimit0.023 g · 0.028 g<1%·<1%
- Cholesterollimit0 mg · 0 mg0%·0%
- Carbohydrates21.9 g · 23.1 g8%·8%
- Sodiumlimit188 mg · 195 mg8%·8%
- Calcium28 mg · 5.4 mg2%·<1%
- Iron0.51 mg · 0.38 mg3%·2%
- Magnesium24.4 mg · 26.9 mg6%·6%
- Phosphorus46.3 mg · 53.8 mg4%·4%
- Zinc0.43 mg · 0.31 mg4%·3%
- Copper0.24 mg · 0.23 mg26%·26%
- Selenium0 µg · 0.32 µg0%·1%
- Vitamin C16 mg · 13.7 mg18%·15%
- Vitamin D0 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Vitamin E0.33 mg · 0.043 mg2%·<1%
- Vitamin K0.24 µg · 0.32 µg<1%·<1%
- Riboflavin (B2)0.073 mg · 0.023 mg6%·2%
- Folate12.2 µg · 9.7 µg3%·2%
- Vitamin B120 µg · 0 µg0%·0%
- Choline15.6 mg · 15.5 mg3%·3%
From USDA FoodData Central: Baked sweet potato, no added fat (Survey (FNDDS) 2709699), Baked potato (Survey (FNDDS) 2709383). 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.