Tastemaker: Ore-Ida Sweet Potato Fries

As part of the Foodbuzz Tastemaker program, I was recently sent a coupon in the mail to try out a bag of Ore-Ida Sweet Potato Fries for free. On Sunday we had burgers on the menu for dinner, so it seemed as good a time as any to give the fries a try.

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A quick look at the ingredients list makes me shudder a bit, as it is definitely not "less processed" friendly. Obviously, in an ideal world I would make sweet potato fries from scratch -- it's really not that difficult; last year I made a batch of pretty tasty sweet potato chips.

Ingredients:

Sweet potatoes, canola oil, modified food starch, rice flour, tapioca dextrin, sea salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), xanthan gum, annatto (color), disodium sodium acid pyrophosphate

Though higher in fat than Ore-Ida's golden fries (8g total fat vs. 3.5g), the sweet potato fries do edge out the regular fries with a higher vitamin content, particularly in terms of vitamin A, calcium, and iron.

Nutrition facts:

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