Nutritional components of sweet potato sugar

Sweet potato candy takes sweet potato root as the main raw material, and contains 60%-80% of water, 10%-30% of starch, about 5% of sugar and a small amount of protein, oil, cellulose, hemicellulose, pectin and ash. If 2.5 kg of fresh sweet potato is converted into 0.5 kg of grain, its nutrients are protein and carbohydrates except fat. In addition, sweet potato is rich in vitamins (carotene, vitamins A, B, C and E), and its starch is easily absorbed by human body. Vitamin A is called "eye protection", and vitamin A is converted from carotene. Sweet potato is rich in carotene, which can provide rich vitamin A. The content of vitamin A can be as high as 40mg/ 100g of fresh sweet potato. Carotene can be converted into vitamin A after being absorbed by human body. Vitamin A can maintain normal visual function. The fiber content of sweet potato is 10 times of that of rice flour, with fine texture and no harm to the stomach. It can accelerate the peristalsis of digestive tract, help defecation, clean the digestive tract, shorten the residence time of toxic substances in food in the intestine, reduce self-poisoning caused by constipation, reduce the concentration of carcinogens in the intestine, and prevent hemorrhoids and colorectal cancer. At the same time, cellulose can absorb some glucose, thus reducing the sugar content in blood and helping to prevent diabetes.