Fun Facts

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As America’s favorite vegetable, we find it easy to tout the good news about nutrition of potatoes!

DID YOU KNOW A medium (5.3 oz) potato:

•  contains 27 mg of Vitamin C (more than 35% DV)
• has MORE potassium than a large banana
• is gluten, sodium, cholesterol and fat free
• has only 110 calories per serving
• is a good source of Vitamin B6 (important for metabolism)
• contains 26g of complex carbohydrates

• Colorado produces roughly 50,000 acres of potatoes a year– that’s 37,878 football fields!
• Colorado ships around 2 billion pounds of potatoes each year. We could fill 200,000 school busses with that many potatoes!
• CO grows roughly 70 varieties of potatoes.
• The average American eats 120 lbs. of potatoes every year.