Starchy Vegetables, Roots and TubersBasic Food

Chinese yam

Cooked

Dioscorea polystachya

Nutrition overview

100 g reference · Cooked

Chinese yam provides 78 calories, 0.6 g protein, 24.5 g carbs, and 0.2 g fat per 100 g reference.

calories

Protein

0.6g

Carbs

24.5g

Fat

0.2g

Complete nutrition

Nutrient	Amount
Macronutrients
Protein	0.6 g
Total fat	0.2 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)	24.5 g
Dietary fiber	5.1 g
Total sugars	0.5 g
Minerals
Calcium	12.6 mg
Iron	0.50 mg
Magnesium	21.0 mg
Phosphorus	53.1 mg
Potassium	338.3 mg
Sodium	10.5 mg
Zinc	0.19 mg
Copper	0.14 mg
Manganese	0.31 mg
Selenium	0.6 mcg
Vitamins
Vitamin A, RAE	2.8 mcg
Vitamin C	15.0 mg
Vitamin D (D2 + D3)	0.0 mcg
Vitamin E (alpha-tocopherol)	2.0 mg
Vitamin K1 (phylloquinone)	0.8 mcg
Thiamin (B1)	0.07 mg
Riboflavin (B2)	0.02 mg
Niacin (B3)	0.36 mg
Pantothenic acid (B5)	0.23 mg
Vitamin B6	0.23 mg
Folate, DFE	13.3 mcg
Vitamin B12	0.0 mcg
Other essential nutrient
Choline, total	14.9 mg

Practical calorie guide

A 100 g reference amount of chinese yam (100 g) has 78 calories.

Serving	Weight	Calories	Protein	Carbs	Fat
100 g reference	100 g	78	0.6 g	24.5 g	0.2 g

Nutrition records and methodology

Primary calorie record

Chinese yam, cooked

FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Database for Biodiversity (BioFoodComp 4.0)

Record 0201762 · 100% match

Contributing sources

FAO/INFOODS Food Composition Database for Biodiversity (BioFoodComp 4.0)
FAO/INFOODS · 4.0
Open source
Basic Foods whole-catalog profile completion calculations V2.5
Basic Foods database project · whole-catalog-completion-v2.5.1-tiered · Project-generated calculation artifact; direct and donor evidence retain their own licenses

Detailed source and derivation status is retained for every nutrient in this profile.

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