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No, they're not almost pure starch. They are about 17% carbs (including 2% dietary fibre and 1% sugar, the rest being digestible starch). For context, corn chi
by wisty 6y ago
No, they're not almost pure starch. They are about 17% carbs (including 2% dietary fibre and 1% sugar, the rest being digestible starch).
For context, corn chips are over 60% carbs. Vegetables (even "bad" ones with less protein and more carbs) are actually often kinda healthy.
- etangent 6y agoYou are looking at wet weight, which is highly misleading. You should be looking at dry weight. > In general terms fresh potatoes contain ~20% dry matter (DM) of which 60–80% is starch That's 60-80% by dry weight. I assure you that the types of potatoes eaten in Eastern Europe contain approximately 109% starch by dry weight.