Sweet Potato Extract Powder

Sweet potato extract starts from the storage root of Ipomoea batatas, a trailing vine of the morning glory family grown worldwide for its starchy root. Water extraction concentrates the soluble root fraction, and the liquor is dried to a light yellow powder.

The extract is supplied at a 10:1 ratio with no marker percentage and is milled to 80 mesh. Sweet potato powder, purple sweet potato powder and the purple juice powder are separate products, so this ratio extract is the entry for a pale water concentrate.

SKU: BOT-BEX-0587 Category: Botanical Extracts Tags: Bars & Bakery, Gummies & Chews, Plant Extracts, Root & Rhizome, Sweet Potato, Water Extracted

Ipomoea batatas Root Identity & Plant Part

The botanical entity is Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam., sweet potato, a trailing perennial vine of the Convolvulaceae. The part used is the storage root, which is botanically a swollen root rather than a tuber. Vines, leaves and flowers are not part of this ingredient.

Sweet potato is not a yam, which is a Dioscorea, and it is not the common potato, which is a Solanum, even though names overlap on supplier lists. The root carries starch, sugars, fiber and pectin, plus carotenoids in orange-fleshed types and acylated anthocyanins in purple types, named as families only. This sweet potato extract is listed in a light yellow shade.

Sweet Potato Extract vs Powders and Juice

Form	What It Is	Choose It When
10:1 Root Extract	Water-extracted and concentrated sweet potato root	A pale extract rather than a dried root powder is specified
Sweet Potato Powder	Dehydrated sweet potato root milled to powder	A starchy whole-root powder is wanted
Purple Sweet Potato Powder	Dehydrated purple sweet potato root milled to powder	A purple, anthocyanin-colored root powder is wanted
Purple Sweet Potato Juice Powder	Spray-dried juice of purple sweet potato	A deep red-purple juice powder is wanted

The 10:1 ratio is a concentration step from the dried root. It is not a sugar or pigment figure. This entry follows the light yellow shade of the master data, while the pigment-rich purple roots are the subject of the purple siblings.

The dehydrated powders keep the full starch and fiber of the root and have a thick, pasty character in water. The sweet potato extract disperses with less viscosity and a gentle, sweet taste. A buyer who needs bulk, starch and body picks a powder, and one who needs a light, dispersible plant ingredient starts with this entry.

Typical Specifications

Specification Item	Product Information
Latin Name	Ipomoea batatas
Plant Part	Root & Rhizome
Processing	Water Extraction
Common Name	Sweet Potato Root
Ingredient Type	Ratio Extract
Extract Ratio	10:1
Appearance	Light yellow powder
Solubility / Dispersibility	Water Dispersible
Quality Parameters
Moisture (LOD)	≤5.0%
Total Ash	≤5.0%
Particle Size	80 mesh
Heavy Metals	Lead ≤2 ppm · Arsenic ≤1 ppm · Cadmium ≤1 ppm · Mercury ≤0.1 ppm
Microbiology	TPC ≤1,000 cfu/g · Yeast & Mold ≤100 cfu/g · E. coli Negative · Salmonella Negative/25 g
Shelf Life	24 months in unopened original packaging, cool and dry storage

Application Areas

Capsule Fills for Sweet Potato

Sweet potato extract fills capsules as a pale, free-flowing powder after a small flow aid. The sweet, cooked-root taste stays inside the shell. Sugars raise the moisture pickup, so a dry filling room and a disintegration test on every lot are standard.

Creamy Instant Drink Sticks

Sticks blend the extract with oat, cinnamon and vanilla flavors in a warm, creamy dry blend. The cup is a pale, hazy beige with a gentle sweetness that cuts the need for added sugar. A dry carrier keeps the stick dose even from lot to lot.

Chewable Root Tablets

Chewable tablets use the extract with mannitol and a disintegrant, where its sweetness helps mask bitter co-ingredients. Dry granulation avoids sticking on the punches, and a short hardness trial confirms that the powder binds before scale-up.

Soft Gummy Bases

Gummies carry the extract in pectin or gelatin bases with caramel, orange and honey flavors that echo the root. The pale tint is invisible in amber shades. Add the powder after the cook to protect the mild flavor and judge the finished gummy.

Baked-Note Snack Bars

Bars use the extract in the dry blend with oats, nuts and seeds, where the cooked-root sweetness reads as baked. Because the powder is hygroscopic, premixing it with dry ingredients before the syrup prevents sticky lumps in the finished bar.

Formulation Notes

Sweet potato extract is a light yellow powder with a faint sweet, cooked-root aroma and a mild sweetness. In water it disperses to a pale, hazy liquid. Residual starch gives a slight body, and unlike the whole-root powders it does not form a pasty gel at normal use levels.

Sugars make the powder hygroscopic and prone to caking, so weigh it in a dry room and reseal the pack after each draw. A flow agent keeps it moving through hoppers. Heat browns the sugars slowly, so opened packs are kept in a closed container away from heat and light.

Packaging & Commercial Supply

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Supply Item	General Information
Sample	Available upon request for formulation, testing, and supplier evaluation
Order Quantities	100 g · 1 kg · 5 kg · 25 kg · 100 kg · 500 kg · Bulk
Sample Lead Time	Typically 5–7 days after sample confirmation
Production Lead Time	Typically 15–30 days after order and specification confirmation
Packaging	Suitable protective inner packaging with bags, cartons, drums, or other appropriate outer packaging
Storage	Store in tightly sealed, suitable protective packaging in a cool, dry environment. Protect from moisture, heat, and direct sunlight. Specific storage conditions follow the approved product specification.
Documentation	COA · Product Specification · TDS · SDS · Applicable declarations (as applicable)

Final order quantities, lead times, packaging, documentation, and shipping arrangements are confirmed according to the selected product and commercial requirements.