Description

Yukon Gold potatoes have a slightly flattened, round to oblong shape. The tuber’s skin is thin, smooth, and taut, ranging in color from tan, golden yellow, to light brown, speckled with many tiny brown spots. Pink eyes are a distinguishing feature of Yukon Gold Potatoes. Underneath the surface, the golden yellow flesh is solid, dense, slippery, and firm. Yukon Gold Potatoes have a slightly higher sugar content than other yellow cultivars and develop a fine-grained, silky, tender, and smooth consistency when cooked. The variety has starchy and waxy potato characteristics and has an earthy, sweet, buttery, and lightly vegetal taste.

Yukon Gold Potatoes are a source of vitamin C, fiber, and potassium. The tubers also provide calcium, iron, and other nutrients, including B vitamins and magnesium. In addition to vitamins and minerals, the potatoes contain anthoxanthins, which are a type of flavonoid that gives the tuber its yellow coloring. Anthoxanthins also provide antioxidant-like properties to protect cells against the damage caused by free radicals.