Did you know that sweetpotato is one word? We’d love your help in teaching the rest of the world (and those super smart dictionary authors) to use the correct spelling and update the dictionary entries. This is not a marketing ploy or us just being cool.  It’s science!  

Help us create change by adopting the CORRECT spelling of sweetpotato: it is a noun and not an adjective. That means sweet is not a descriptor, but part of the actual nomenclature. This is different than a potato which uses adjectives like white, red or russet to describe an entirely different vegetable. 

The one-word spelling was officially adopted by the National Sweetpotato Collaborators in 1989. Sweetpotatoes (Ipomoea batatas) must not be confused with the equally unique and distinctive potatoes (Solanum tuberosum) which are also grown and marketed commercially in the US. And did you know that yams (Dioscorea sp.) are not even grown in the US? More than likely, you have never even tasted a yam in your life!

Help us tell the story and change hearts, but mostly minds and dictionary entries by correctly spelling sweetpotato and giving this orange superfood its well-deserved due.