“…Although nutrient content depends on a number of factors, variety is thought to be among the most significant factors (Toledo and Burlingame, 2006). Important nutrients in different varieties of potatoes include dietary fibre, up to 3.7% found in the skin of Red Pontiac variety (Mullin et al, 1993), the highest value found in flesh is for the variety Runa, grown in Argentina, which has a value of 3.3 g/100 g (Jimé nez et al, 2009), ascorbic acid, up to 42 mg/100 g in the Korean grown Chaju (Han et al, 2004), potassium, with up to 693.8 mg/100 g found in Azucena of Spain (Casañ as Rivero et al, 2003b), total carotenoids, with high-end values exceeding 2000 mcg/100 g for several varieties including Phureja group 1 of Peru .…”