Sweet potatoes fries….
Don’t we just love them?
They seem to be popping up on menus all over. But the question begging an answer is – “Are they healthier than regular fries?”
The first thing you need to remember is that the cooking method determines whether the food is healthy or not – not the ingredients. Both sweet and white potatoes can be part of a healthy diet, but frying them turns them into high fat and high calorie foods. So, we need to find out the exact number of sweet potato fries calories.
Sweet Potato Fries Calories
Calories of Sweet Potato Fries
There are about 170 calories in 3 oz. sweet potato fries. Below is a table illustrating both sweet potato fries calories and sweet potato calories clearly.
Amount |
Calories |
|
Sweet Potato |
1 5" long |
112 |
Sweet Potato Fries |
22 pieces (3oz) |
170 |
Other Nutrition Facts of Sweet Potato
Here are other sweet potato fries nutrition facts that you can get from one sweet potato.
Nutrition Per Medium One |
% DV (Daily Value) |
Sodium |
2 |
Potassium |
15 |
Carbohydrates |
8 |
Dietary Fiber |
15 |