Sweet Potatoes
carb · base score 1 · also listed as sweet potatoes, sweet potato, boniato, yam, dried sweet potatoes, dried sweet potato
What is it?
Sweet Potatoes is a carbohydrate (starch/filler) ingredient. Graded good: a real, recognisable ingredient that adds nutritional value, so it lifts a product’s score.
At a glance
- Category
- carb
- Grade
- good
- Base score
- 1 (from −1 to 1; higher is better)
- Found in
- 1,673 products
- Also listed as
- sweet potatoes, sweet potato, boniato, yam, dried sweet potatoes, dried sweet potato
Common questions about sweet potatoes
Is Sweet Potatoes good for dogs?
Yes, we grade it as a good ingredient: recognisable and nutritionally useful, so it lifts a product’s score. Bear in mind that no single ingredient decides quality; the whole recipe and its balance matter more.
How many UK dog foods contain sweet potatoes?
1,673 UK products list sweet potatoes as an ingredient in our database. The full list is shown below, sorted by rating.
What else is sweet potatoes called on labels?
Manufacturers list it under several names: sweet potatoes, sweet potato, boniato, yam, dried sweet potatoes, dried sweet potato. We match all of these to the same glossary entry when we read a label.
How does Open Dog Food grade sweet potatoes?
We grade it good, our highest grade, reserved for recognisable ingredients that add real nutritional value. Every ingredient is converted to its dry-matter share and scored from our glossary before a recipe gets its 1-100 rating; the full method is on our methodology page.
Are sweet potatoes good for dogs in grain-free food?
Sweet potato is a nutritious, digestible carbohydrate and one of the better grain-free staples. One caveat: grain-free recipes that replace cereal with very large amounts of legumes and potatoes were investigated in the US over a possible link with heart disease, and no firm cause was established. We score the recipe as a whole rather than singling out this ingredient.
