The sweet potatoes characteristics
The sweet potato, from the Latin ipomoea batatas, comes from the convolvulacceae plant family and is native to Central America..
The sweet potato is particularly rich in vitamins A and B6, copper and manganese.
Varieties
There are several dozen varieties of sweet potato including:
Logistics
Georges Helfer SA (Switzerland) specializes in the import of exotic vegetables such as the sweet potato and has strong links with countries of production. The company has a comprehensive and carefully controlled traceability system so produce is tracked until it reaches the end consumer.
Georges Helfer SA (Switzerland) also has well established arrangements for shipping sweet potatoes, by sea from all countries of origin.
Packaging
Sweet potatoes are supplied in several sizes: M, L1, L2 and XL. Packaging to order.
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