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Potatoes

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Maritimers are great potato fans, and Nova Agri knows how to grow the best! 
After all, what is fish 'n chips without the chips, or a steak without a baked potato?

Nova Agri grows a variety of early potatoes called Superior, which are available in two grades: tablestock and chipstock. 

Our Superior variety potatoes are available from mid-July through early September. In 1999 we delivered over 16,000,000 pounds of potatoes to local and international markets, packaged in the following units:

• chipstock - 50,000 lb. units

• tablestock - 5, 10, 20 and 50 lb. bags or 120 to 70 count cartons

Potatoes are a great source of essential vitamins and minerals - particularly vitamin C and potassium. In fact, one medium potato has around 50% of the vitamin C and almost 25% of the potassium our bodies need every day for good health.

Potatoes are also a good source of thiamin (vitamin B) and niacin, and an excellent source of vitamin B6, phosphorous, magnesium, iron, and fibre.

With so much goodness packed inside, it is easy to see how potatoes maintained their prominent place at the dinner table of so many nations.

Nutritional information for a medium-sized potato (220 g) microwave-baked potato with skin:

• energy - 212 cal.

• protein - 5 g.

• fat - < 1 g.

• carbohydrate - 49 g.

• dietary fibre - 5 g.

• sodium - 16 mg.

• potassium - 903 mg.

Percentage of Recommended Daily Intake

• vitamin C - 52%

• thiamin - 18%

• niacin - 15%

• phosphorous - 85%

• magnesium - 100%

• iron - 28%