Relationship between Processing Method and the Glycemic Indices of Ten Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas) Cultivars Commonly Consumed in Jamaica

Table 1

Proximate composition of 10 unprocessed Jamaican sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) cultivars (100 g).

Sweet potato varieties	Moisture content (g)		Protein content [N×6.25] (g)		Fat content (g)		Fiber Content (g/100 g)		Total sugars (g)		Ash content (g)		Available Carbohydrate content (by difference) (g/100 g)
	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE	Mean	SE
Dor	65.91	1.39	0.97	0.04	0.25	0.01	3.08	0.06	3.75	0.14	0.96	0.03	28.83
Quarter Million	67.06	0.52	1.54	0.04	0.27	0.01	2.89	0.03	4.89	0.29	1.02	0.03	27.22
Yellow Belly	65.11	1.28	0.81	0.05	0.28	0.01	3.53	0.02	3.62	0.22	1.04	0.02	29.23
Ganja	63.27	0.65	1.62	0.18	0.31	0.02	2.97	0.03	3.92	0.13	1.05	0.03	30.78
Watson	64.96	1.19	1.55	0.06	0.32	0.02	3.46	0.05	4.21	0.25	0.91	0.02	28.80
Clarendon	62.54	1.26	1.53	0.05	0.29	0.02	3.74	0.04	4.17	0.34	1.18	0.05	30.72
Minda	62.35	0.78	1.29	0.08	0.23	0.01	2.99	0.05	4.86	0.25	1.40	0.02	31.74
Ms Mac	65.73	0.26	1.20	0.04	0.24	0.01	2.87	0.03	4.85	0.33	0.99	0.02	28.97
Eustace	67.21	2.24	0.58	0.03	0.33	0.02	3.52	0.04	5.01	0.54	1.01	0.03	27.35
Fire on Land	67.79	1.32	1.02	0.05	0.35	0.02	3.04	0.03	3.26	0.13	0.94	0.03	26.86

Values are means ± SEM. 𝑛=4.