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Sweet Potato Paste

Sweet-potato paste is a smooth preparation of cooked sweet potato used in fillings, desserts, and savory dishes.

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About Sweet Potato Paste

Sweet-potato paste is made by cooking sweet potato and mashing, puréeing, or otherwise processing the softened flesh. It is used as a filling for pastries, buns, dumplings, cakes, and other desserts, and can also be added to breads, sauces, soups, and savoury mixtures.

Plain paste has a naturally sweet, earthy flavour and a dense, moist texture. It may be thick and moldable or soft and spoonable. The sweet-potato variety affects its colour and moisture, while sugar, fat, dairy, starch, flavourings, and other additions can make prepared fillings sweeter, smoother, or firmer.

It is sold freshly prepared, chilled, frozen, jarred, or packed for use as a filling. Plain homemade paste may contain only cooked sweet potato, whereas formulated versions may be whipped, strained, or cooked down. It can be spread, piped, shaped, or enclosed in dough before baking or steaming.

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sweet-potato paste

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Sweet Potato Paste nutrition & diet

Sweet Potato Paste nutritional value

Sweet potato paste

Per 100 g of the edible portion in the recorded USDA food form.

Calories
305kcal
Protein
0.5g
Carbs
75.1g
Fat
0.3g

Reference values per 100 g for the displayed USDA form. Varieties, recipes, brands and preparation can differ.

Portions & preparation

Use the exact paste formulation and edible portion, identifying whether it contains only cooked sweet potato or added sugar, syrup, oil, dairy, starch, spices, or preservatives. Texture and preparation matter: mashed homemade paste, canned filling, and molded dessert paste are distinct reference forms.

Compare the right form: Match the reference to the verified sweet-potato paste recipe, cooked root form, additives, texture, and edible portion, including sweetened fillings.

Diet considerations

Sweet-potato paste begins with a plant-derived root, but compatibility depends on additions and use. Dairy, eggs, animal fats, honey, cereal starches, or pastry wrappers may be present in commercial or recipe-based forms. Sweetening and portion size can substantially alter the carbohydrate pattern.

AI-authored reading notes · Awaiting editorial review. Measured values, where available, have a separate source above.

Dietary compatibility

  • Vegan
    May be compatible
  • Vegetarian
    May be compatible
  • Pescatarian
    May be compatible
  • Keto
    Not established
  • Paleo
    May be compatible
  • Low-carb
    Not established
  • Halal
    Not established
  • Kosher
    Not established
What these diet assessments mean
Vegan · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Vegetarian · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Pescatarian · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Keto · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Paleo · May be compatible
The recorded ingredients may fit this pattern. This is not a complete recipe or manufacturing specification; check additions and preparation.
Low-carb · Not established
A defined serving and sourced carbohydrate data are needed before assessing this dietary pattern.
Halal · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish halal status.
Kosher · Not established
Sourcing, processing and any applicable certification have not been verified. A food name alone does not establish kosher status.

For the plain ingredient · Awaiting review. Diet compatibility is not allergy suitability or halal/kosher certification. Keto and low-carb depend on the portion.

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Sources & review

Nutrition reference: USDA FoodData Central — Sweet potato paste ↗. Values are scaled from 100 g of the recorded edible form. Individual portions have no assumed fixed weight.

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