About Nutrition

How HEALTHY are Potatoes? Can you live on JUST potatoes? Chris Voigt, executive director of the Washington State Potato Commission decided to find out and ate 20 potatoes a day for 60 straight days - and nothing else

Dietary fiber is the indigestible part of food derived from plants. Dietary fiber may ferment in the large intestine. Dietary fibers in foods are generally regarded as having a positive effect on intestinal health.

Trans fats - fats containing trans fatty acids - are considered unhealthy. They can be found in hydrogenated vegetable oils and fats from an animal source.Through industry efforts and government legislation they have been largely eliminated from potato products.