Sweet potatoes tesco - 1kg
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Barcode: 03314500
Common name: Sweet Potatoes
Quantity: 1kg
Packaging: Plastic bag
Brands: Tesco
Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Cereals and potatoes, Potatoes, Sweet potatoes
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients: North Carolina, USA.
Origin of ingredients: United States, North Carolina
Manufacturing or processing places: Tesco Ireland Ltd., Gresham House, Marine Road, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Traceability code: N/A
Stores: Tesco
Countries where sold: United Kingdom
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Health
Ingredients
Food processing
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Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:
- Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
- Processed culinary ingredients
- Processed foods
- Ultra processed foods
The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.
Ingredients analysis
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Palm oil free
No ingredients containing palm oil detected
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Vegan
No non-vegan ingredients
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Vegetarian
No non-vegetarian ingredients detected
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Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Sweet Potatoes- Sweet Potatoes -> en:sweet-potato - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - ciqual_food_code: 4101 - percent_min: 100 - percent_max: 100
Nutrition
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Very good nutritional quality
⚠ ️Warning: the amount of fruits, vegetables and nuts is not specified on the label, it was estimated from the list of ingredients: 0This product is not considered a beverage for the calculation of the Nutri-Score.
Positive points: 7
- Proteins: 5 / 5 (value: 8.5, rounded value: 8.5)
- Fiber: 2 / 5 (value: 2.3, rounded value: 2.3)
- Fruits, vegetables, nuts, and colza/walnut/olive oils: 0 / 5 (value: 0, rounded value: 0)
Negative points: 4
- Energy: 1 / 10 (value: 410, rounded value: 410)
- Sugars: 0 / 10 (value: 0.6, rounded value: 0.6)
- Saturated fat: 1 / 10 (value: 1.1, rounded value: 1.1)
- Sodium: 2 / 10 (value: 236, rounded value: 236)
The points for proteins are counted because the negative points are less than 11.
Nutritional score: (4 - 7)
Nutri-Score:
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Nutrient levels
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Fat in low quantity (2.7%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Saturated fat in low quantity (1.1%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat- Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
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Sugars in low quantity (0.6%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of sugar can cause weight gain and tooth decay. It also augments the risk of type 2 diabetes and cardio-vascular diseases.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of sugar and sugary drinks- Sugary drinks (such as sodas, fruit beverages, and fruit juices and nectars) should be limited as much as possible (no more than 1 glass a day).
- Choose products with lower sugar content and reduce the consumption of products with added sugars.
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Salt in moderate quantity (0.59%)
What you need to know- A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
- Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
- Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food- Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
- Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
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Environment
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Eco-Score B - Low environmental impact
⚠ ️Select a country in order to include the full impact of transportation.The Eco-Score is an experimental score that summarizes the environmental impacts of food products.→ The Eco-Score was initially developped for France and it is being extended to other European countries. The Eco-Score formula is subject to change as it is regularly improved to make it more precise and better suited to each country.Life cycle analysis
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Average impact of products of the same category: A (Score: 99/100)
Category: Sweet potato, raw
Category: Sweet potato, raw
- PEF environmental score: 0.04 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
- including impact on climate change: 0.30 kg CO2 eq/kg of product
Stage Impact 
Agriculture
57.9 %
Processing
0.0 %
Packaging
0.0 %
Transportation
32.4 %
Distribution
6.1 %
Consumption
3.6 %
Bonuses and maluses
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Origins of ingredients with a medium impact
Bonus: +1
Environmental policy: +1
Transportation: 0
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients % of ingredients Impact United States 100 %Medium
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Packaging with a medium impact
Malus: -10
Shape Material Recycling Impact 1 Bag Plastic Recycle High
Eco-Score for this product
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Impact for this product: B (Score: 79/100)
Product: Sweet potatoes tesco - 1kg
Life cycle analysis score: 99
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -9
Final score: 79/100 (The score of products with non-recyclable and non-biodegradable packaging materials is capped at 79 (grade B).)
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Carbon footprint
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Equal to driving 0.2 km in a petrol car
30 g CO² per 100g of product
The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Sweet potato, raw (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)
Stage Impact
Agriculture
37.0 %
Processing
0.0 %
Packaging
0.0 %
Transportation
48.9 %
Distribution
3.6 %
Consumption
10.6 %
Packaging
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Packaging with a medium impact
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Packaging parts
1 x Bag (Plastic)
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Transportation
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Origins of ingredients
Origins of ingredients with a medium impact
Origin of the product and/or its ingredients % of ingredients Impact United States 100 %Medium
Data sources
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