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

Table 4

Incremental areas under the glucose response curves for ten sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) cultivars processed by different cooking methods and glucose standard.

Sweet potato varieties	Incremental area under glucose response curve
	Boiled	Fried	Baked	Roasted	Glucose standard
Dor	51 ± 13^a	120 ± 21^b	156 ± 43^c	134± 32^d	179 ± 53^e
Quarter Million	47 ± 19^a	132 ± 25^b	188 ± 39^c	192 ± 52^c	183 ± 41^c
Yellow Belly	65 ± 15^a	144 ± 32^b	174 ± 25^c	166 ± 33^c	169 ± 32^c
Ganja	46 ± 17^a	129 ± 23^b	169 ± 15^c	132 ± 14^b	175 ± 53^d
Watson	44 ± 18^a	118 ± 19^b	173 ± 27^c	164 ± 31^d	159 ± 33^e
Clarendon	49 ± 23^a	142 ± 36^b	176 ± 20^c	142 ± 57^b	165 ± 42^d
Minda	54 ± 22^a	131 ± 25^b	184 ± 43^c	189 ± 45^c	174 ± 51^d
Ms Mac	55 ± 13^a	126 ± 19^b	171 ± 53^c	174 ± 43^c	184 ± 64^d
Eustace	64 ± 29^a	142 ± 36^b	187 ± 54^c	201 ± 66^d	178 ± 43^c
Fire on Land	43 ± 16^a	122 ± 16^b	185 ± 81^c	187 ± 53^c	164 ± 47^d

Superscripts in rows sharing different letters are significantly different (𝑃<0.05).
Values are means ± SEM for 𝑛=10 subjects.