date:Jun 08, 2013
Potatoes provide one of the best nutritional values per penny, offering one of the most affordable sources of potassium compared to other raw vegetables, according to a new study published in the journal Plos One.
Researchers from the University of Washington used a combination of nutrient profiling methods and national food prices data to create an affordability index, which was then used to examine the nutrients per unit cost of 98 individual vegetables, as well as five vegetable subgroups. T