Mashed Potatoes Nutrition Facts

Mashed potatoes is one of the delicious ways of serving potatoes. As the name suggests, mashed potatoes are made using freshly boiled or baked potatoes that are both peeled and un-peeled. They are mashed using ricer, or a special instrument known as potato masher. Almost all types of potatoes could be used for making mashed potatoes but they are at the best when made using extra floury potatoes like russets or round white potatoes!

One doesn't need to get into the details when it comes to trying different kinds of potatoes for making those sumptuous mashed potatoes; what one needs to look for is the calories that go in with every buttery bite of mashed potatoes. Mashed potatoes served alone, garlic mashed potatoes, colcannon, dumplings, Shepherd's pie, pierogies, gnocchis, etc., are loaded with calories and fat, as they are matched with some other heavy ingredients. As a result, it is very important for us to be familiar with the mashed potato nutrition facts, especially for those like me, who are crazy about them.

Mashed Potatoes Health Benefits

Stop before you start thinking that I am here to pick apart the negative points about homemade mashed potatoes nutrition. As a religious mashed potato lover I won't do that, in fact, there are many such 'qualities' in mashed potatoes that make them to be adopted more and more into the diet. For instance, mashed potatoes are loaded with mono-unsaturated fats that are the most essential for maintaining the cholesterol levels, both the good and the bad cholesterol. It is also loaded with polyunsaturated fats that bar several motor neuron diseases as well as take proper skin care.

Two more important and qualifying factors that make mashed potatoes one of the healthy foods are protein and carbohydrate content, present in them. We don't need to know benefits of protein and carbohydrates as both are literally most crucial in maintaining the body system and overall health of human being who EATS mashed potatoes!! along with the above mentioned nutrition mashed potatoes are also loaded with vitamin C and potassium, both of which are beneficial for the health.

Mashed Potatoes Nutrition Facts

Mentioned above were the mashed potato nutritious facts that make us aware why we 'should' consume mashed potatoes. No doubt, there are a few issues related with calories in mashed potatoes as they are 'quite very high' in calories as well as sodium levels. As an astonishing fact, homemade mashed potatoes nutrition facts are much more painful than the ready to eat restaurant mashed potatoes! Here are the nutrition facts of mashed potatoes that are made with least ingredients, unhealthy decoration and without gravy and such additives.

Nutrition	Quantity
Calories	161
Calories from Fat	3%
Total Fat	1.2g
Saturated Fat	0.22g
Polyunsaturated Fat	0.27g
Mono-unsaturated Fat	0.44g
Cholesterol	4.2mg
Total Carbohydrate	36.9g
Protein	4.1g
Fiber	1.5g
Dietary Fiber	4.2g
Sugar	0g
Potassium	627.9mg

Following is a chart of the presence of minerals in 1 cup of mashed potatoes.

Nutrition	Quantity
Sodium	636.3mg
Calcium	5.5%
Iron	3.2%
Copper	14.7%
Manganese	12.4%
Magnesium	9.5%
Selenium	1.8%
Zinc	4.1%
Phosphorus	10.1%

Following is a chart of the presence of vitamins in 1 cup of mashed potatoes.

Nutrition	Quantity
Vitamin C	23.5%
Vitamin B6	24.5%
Vitamin A	0.8%
Vitamin E	0.5%
Riboflavin	4.9%
Folate	4.2%
Niacin	11.7%
Thiamin	12.3%
Pantothenic Acid	10%

The charts here about the nutrition facts of mashed potatoes are loquacious enough to get all the nutrition facts about mashed potatoes as well its calories. It is to be remembered that increase in assortments and decoration for serving does affect to the mashed potato nutrition facts, on larger extents. As far as you have them with safe servings and with least garnishing they are as healthy as anything.

So now that you are aware of the mashed potatoes nutrition facts, start preparing some exciting potato recipes using mashed potatoes. Enjoy the potatoes, trust me, they are healthy!