Where in China is sweet potato grown that tastes the best and sweetest? See if your hometown is on the list

Sweet potato is itself a food with a relatively high sweetness, sweet whether eaten raw or cooked, but the sugar content of sweet potatoes still differs between varieties and growing regions. Some friends just like sweet potato varieties that come out sweeter when roasted. Below, let's take a simple look together at where in China sweet potatoes taste the best and sweetest.

1. Shangshu 19

The tubers are spindle-shaped, with dark red skin and extra-white flesh, a drying rate of 36-38%, and a starch content of 23-25%; the starch is extra-fine and extra-white. The eating quality is excellent, and farmers call it "chestnut fragrance". Its original code was 968-19. It is a new hybrid variety developed by the famous Chinese sweet potato breeding expert Lei Shusheng and his assistant Li Yuanhua, using SL-01 as the female parent and Yushu 7 as the male parent, a hybrid new variety containing a heterozygous combination of the genetic genes of 64 improved varieties from home and abroad.

2. Qinshu 4

It is a short type, with vines about one meter long and small plants. The tubers are bar-shaped, with purplish-red skin and white-yellow flesh. Each plant sets 6 to 8 tubers, and the tubers are uniform, neat and concentrated. It is tolerant of fertilizer and drought, and has wide adaptability. It generally does not tend to grow excessively, and is not strict about soil fertility or planting time. The average yield is generally 6000 to 9000 jin per mu.

3. Yanshu 25

Xin Guosheng, director of the Sweet Potato Research Institute, introduced that "Yanshu 25" is a delicious roasting-type sweet potato variety, rich in beta-carotene, dietary fiber, mucin protein and other components. This variety has the characteristics of high yield, stable yield, drought tolerance, tolerance of fertilizer and water, wide adaptability, strong disease resistance and good eating quality. It is a top-grade variety suitable for fresh-eating cultivation and is very suitable for commercial production.

4. Pushu 32

It has long been known as the honey sweet potato, and it tastes very sweet; whether steamed or roasted, it is very sweet and fragrant. It can also be diced to make porridge. For this variety, the redder it is, the sweeter it generally is.

5. Ginseng sweet potato

It is a variety from Zhejiang. This variety has high yield, can be roasted, and also tastes very good. It also contains a large amount of pectin.

6. Jishu 26

It is called the "Yellow-Heart Princess" not only because its flesh is yellow, but also because it tastes good. In recent years, Jishu 26 has ranked third among fresh-eating sweet potatoes like a dark horse, and many processing plants use Jishu 26 to make yellow sweet potato cubes.

Besides these varieties, there are many other good sweet potato varieties, and every place has its own characteristics. The high-sweetness sweet potato varieties introduced above are not ranked in any particular order. In fact, everyone can also learn about China's main sweet potato production areas, such as Si County in Anhui (China's Home of Sweet Potato), Lulong in Hebei, Liancheng in Fujian, Kaifeng, Dengzhou, and Tongzhaipu in Tanghe in Henan, Sishui in Shandong, Nanchong in Sichuan and other areas.

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