Nutrition

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USDA/HHS Dietary Guidelines

Good News for Potatoes
The new dietary guidelines released by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) provide Americans with important recommendations on food sources that include essential vitamins and nutrients necessary for a healthy diet.

Potatoes contain many of the essential nutrients that the dietary guidelines recommend Americans increase in their diet. Potatoes eaten with the skin provide nearly half of the Daily Value for vitamin C and are one of the best sources of potassium and fiber. One medium-sized potato has 100 calories and provides complex carbohydrates needed to fuel our brains and bodies, giving us the energy we need for a busy lifestyle.

For more dietary guidelines information as they relate to potatoes, see the USPB address below.

Recent menu innovation and consumer preference for skin-on mashed potatoes and other skin-on potato dishes have brought the potato more to the plate center. Eye appeal and cost savings have been the outcome of these dishes. As the Nutrition statement shows Michigan potatoes are a great source of potassium, Vitamin C, iodine and other trace minerals.

Potatoes are a healthy food, not a "fat food." In fact, potatoes are fat free.