Micronutrient

Agriculture

Food fortification

Vitamin

Human nutrition

Ecology

Biotechnology

Biology

Retinol

Biochemistry

Staple food

Biofortification

Food science

Malnutrition

Environmental health

Flesh

Orange (colour)

Population

Vitamin A deficiency

Medicine

Ascorbic acid

Carotenoid

Pathology

Food Science & Nutrition

A wide variety of the roots and tubers plays a major role in human diet, animal feed, and industrial raw materials. Sweet potatoes (SPs) play an immense role in human diet and considered as second staple food in developed and underdeveloped countries. Moreover, SP production and management need low inputs compared to the other staple crops. The color of SP flesh varied from white, yellow, purple, and orange. Scientific studies reported the diversity in SP flesh color and connection with nutritional and sensory acceptability. Among all, orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) has been attracting food technologists and nutritionists due to its high content of carotenoids and pleasant sensory characteristics with color. Researchers reported the encouraging health effects of OFSP intervention into the staple food currently practicing in countries such as Uganda, Mozambique, Kenya, and Nigeria. Scientific reviews on the OFSP nutritional composition and role in vitamin A management (VAM) are hardly available in the published literature. So, this review is conducted to address the detailed nutritional composition (proximate, mineral, carotenoids, vitamins, phenolic acids, and antioxidant properties), role in vitamin A deficiency (VAD) management, and different food products that can be made from OFSP.

Review on nutritional composition of orange‐fleshed sweet potato and its role in management of vitamin A deficiency